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The hart Surname

hart Name Meaning and History

  1. English and North German: from a personal name or nickname meaning ‘stag’, Middle English hert, Middle Low German hërte, harte.
  2. German: variant spelling of Hardt 1 and 2.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name or a nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
  4. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirt ‘descendant of Art’, a byname meaning ‘bear’, ‘hero’. The English name became established in Ireland in the 17th century.
  5. French: from an Old French word meaning ‘rope’, hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a rope maker or a hangman.
  6. Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch hart, hert ‘hard’, ‘strong’, ‘ruthless’, ‘unruly’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hart Families in the US in 1920
Number of hart families
 1299-2595
 434-1298		 1-433
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