* As an English, Scottish, and French surname, from Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
* As an Irish surname, via mac giolla deacair (“son of the hard lad”) as a calque of the above.
* Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Hardie.
Meanings
A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Holmes County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia.
A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada.