Hardy

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English

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Hardy

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /hɑːdi/
(US) IPA^(key): /hɑɹdi/
Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Hardy

(historical) A former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

Derived terms

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Etymology 2

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.

Proper noun

Hardy

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:
1. A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas.
2. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
3. A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa.
4. An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky.
5. An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi.
6. A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana.
7. A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
8. A township in Holmes County, Ohio.
9. 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.
A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia.

Derived terms

Further reading

“Hardy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Hydra, hydra

Danish

Etymology

Short form of Germanic compound names beginning or ending with Hart-, -hard "hard". Compare the adjective hård.

Proper noun

Hardy

a male given name

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