The herdt Surname
herdt Name Meaning and History
- South German: nickname from Middle High German hert(e) ‘hard’, ‘coarse’, ‘crude’; perhaps occasionally also from a house name, from herde ‘stove’.
- German: from a personal name, Herto, a short form of any of the Germanic compound names beginning with hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
- Dutch: variant of Herd 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Herdt's from Prussia circa: 1930's | Erick Herdt | 9 |
| Jacob H. Herdt | Linda Humphrey | 6 |
| Herdt family Wisconsin |
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| Veronica Herdt (Berghausen, Baden/Germany) |
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| Herdt Family in NY Metropolitan Area |
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| Herdt website | Cindy Herdt | 3 |
| FAMILY HISTORY | RITA HERDT | 16 |
| obit for David Herdt | tigerlily =';'= | 0 |
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