Given name & surname
Hardie
“one who is bold and courageous”
In English use, Hardie has a related form in Hardy. One German interpretation is “one who is bold and courageous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Hardie has a related form in Hardy. One German interpretation is “one who is bold and courageous.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Hardie has a related form in Hardy. An origin associated with Hardy is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hardie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 644
- 644 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 228 as a first name in 2020; 3,788 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hardie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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