Harcourt Family History
Harcourt Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of the places in Eure and Calvados named Harcourt from Old French cour(t) ‘court farmyard’ (see Court ) with an obscure first element. This surname is very rare in France. English: habitational name from either of two places in Shropshire named Harcourt. The one near Cleobury Mortimer gets the name from Old English heafocere ‘hawker falconer’ + cot ‘hut cottage’; the one near Wem has as its first element Old English hearpere (see Harper ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022