English: nickname for a brave or foolhardy man, from Middle
English hardi ‘bold’, ‘courageous’ + man ‘man’.
Irish: in addition to being an importation to Ireland of the
English name, this is also found as an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hArgadáin (see Hargadon).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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