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hardman Name Meaning and History

  1. English (chiefly Lancashire): occupational name for a herdsman, a variant of Herdman (see Heard). (The change of -er- to -ar- was a regular phonetic pattern in Old French and Middle English.)
  2. English: from an unattested Old English personal name Heardmann, composed of the elements heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + mann ‘man’. According to Reaney and Wilson, compound names with this second element became common in late Old English in eastern England.
  3. Irish: of English origin (see above), but sometimes confused with Harman.
  4. Dutch: variant of Hardeman 2.
  5. Americanized spelling of German Hartmann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hardman Families in the US in 1920
Number of hardman families
 66-130
 23-65		 1-22
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HARDMAN FAMILY GA. NFlorida 26
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Hardman Reunion Bonnie 8
John Henry Hardman b. 1848 Harrison Co., WV Jeburke129 3
your family website sharonhardmanwest 2
Henry/Henery Hardman, Frederick, Md. Jeburke129 0
Hardman Family in Anderson County, Texas GingerDavis43 5
Isaac Hardman in Louisiana hardk 1
Gladys and Cleo Hardman jez4jms 0
Mary Hardman roslynandava 0
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