Given name
Heardred
“hard, brave”·“advice, counsel”
Heardred is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Heardred is built from elements meaning “hard, brave” and “advice, counsel”.
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Where it comes from
Heardred comes from Proto-West Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Hardurād, from Proto-Germanic *Hardurēdaz, built from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard, brave”) + *rēdaz (“advice, counsel”).
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