Hardy Family History
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Hardy Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and French: nickname for a brave or foolhardy man, from Old French, Middle English hardi ‘bold’, ‘courageous’ (of Germanic origin; compare Hard 1). Irish: in addition to being an importation of the English name, this is also found as an Anglicized form (by partial translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla Deacair ‘son of the hard lad’. Scottish: variant spelling of Hardie 2.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Hard, Hardt, Harty, Harry, Hards, Handy, Hendy, Gard, Hurry, Havey