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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