Hardy

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈhɑːdi//
United States//ˈhɑɹdi//

A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.

proper noun

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historicalA former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

Etymology

From Old English *Hearda + īeġ (“island, dry land in a marsh”).

proper noun

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A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet.
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A male given name transferred from the surname.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Holmes County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia.
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A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
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A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia.

Etymology

* 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.

Forms

plural: Hardies, Hardys

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Hardy · A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person.

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