Hart Family History
Hart Name Meaning
English and North German: from a personal name or nickname
meaning ‘stag’, Middle English hert, Middle Low German
hërte, harte.German: variant spelling
of Hardt 1 and 2.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name or a
nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.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.French: from an Old
French word meaning ‘rope’, hence possibly a metonymic occupational
name for a rope maker or a hangman.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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Name Distribution of Hart Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hart families
 1,299 - 2,595  434 - 1,298 |
 1 - 433  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hart families
|
2,583 - 5,164 862 - 2,582 |
1 - 861 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hart families
|
580 - 1,157 194 - 579 |
1 - 193 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hart Family Origin
Hart Immigration Information
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Hart Family Occupations
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