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Packard.

A surname.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈpækɚd/General-American
  1. A surname.

  2. A former brand of automobile (often associated with wealth and luxury in the 1920s through 1940s).

  3. A ghost town in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.

Where this word comes from

Genealogy websites offer three or four hypotheses about the surname; none is confirmed. (Ideas include possible cognation with packer or with Pickard; evidence for or against is not presented.) The automotive brand is from the surname, via the brothers James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard. The ghost town in Kentucky, is named after a certain Amelia Packard.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.