Guignard Name Meaning | nickname from Old French guingnart ‘someone who winks’.
The surname Guignard was first found in Brittany, anciently known as Armorica – historic region of the Northern France – where bearers of the Guignard surname have been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The seal of Guignard with its three chevrons is on record since 1340, when they were « Seigneurs » of Chalonge, de Kernisaël. Bearers of this name were also well established in the region of Dol, where several of the family members distinguished themselves.
