French: from franc ‘open’, ‘generous’ + coeur
‘heart’; a nickname for a warm generous person or a habitational name
from places so named in Côtes d’Armor and Yonne. This surname is
often Americanized as Hart.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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