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.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.Irish:
of English origin (see above), but sometimes confused with
Harman.Dutch: variant of Hardeman 2.Americanized spelling of German Hartmann.
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