Herdt Family History
Herdt Name Meaning
South German: nickname from Middle High German hert(e) ‘hard coarse crude’. South German: perhaps occasionally also a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named with Middle High German herde ‘stove’. German: from a personal name Herto a short form of any of the ancient Germanic compound names beginning with hard ‘hardy brave strong’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022