English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of numerous
places, for example in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, named Hardwick,
from Old English heorde ‘herd’, ‘flock’ + wic
‘outlying farm’.
German and French (Lorraine): from the
Germanic personal name Hardwic, composed of the elements
hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + wig ‘battle’,
‘combat’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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