The hardy Surname
hardy Name Meaning and History
- 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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