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

FromOld EnglishHearda +īeġ(“island,dryland in amarsh”).

Hardy

1. (historical) A former town inManchester,England, nowabsorbed intoChorlton-cum-Hardy.

• Chorlton-cum-Hardy

• As an English, Scottish, andFrench surname, fromMiddle Englishhardy,hardi, fromOld Frenchhardi(“hardy,daring,stout,bold”).
• As anIrish surname, viamacgiolladeacair(“son of the hard lad”) as acalque of the above.
• Also as a Scottish surname, variant ofHardie.

Hardy

1. A commonsurname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for ahardy person.
2. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet.
3. A malegiven name transferred from the surname.
4. A number of places in theUnited States:
   1. A minor city inSharp County andFulton County,Arkansas.
   2. Anunincorporatedcommunity inMendocino County,California.
   3. A minor city inHumboldt County,Iowa.
   4. Anunincorporatedcommunity and coal town inPike County,Kentucky.
   5. Anunincorporatedcommunity inGrenada County,Mississippi.
   6. Acensus-designated place inCascade County,Montana.
   7. A village inNuckolls County,Nebraska.
   8. Atownship inHolmes County,Ohio.
   9. Anunincorporatedcommunity inFranklin County,Virginia.
5. Atownship inParry Sound District,Ontario,Canada.
6. Ahamlet inRural Municipality of The Gap No. 39,Saskatchewan,Canada.
7. Alocality east ofPeterborough,South Australia.

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• Hydra,hydra

Short form ofGermanic compound names beginning or ending with Hart-, -hard "hard". Compare the adjectivehård.

Hardy

1. a malegiven name