Given name & surname

Sturdy

“bold, valiant, reckless”

Sturdy is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sturdy goes back to Middle English stourdy, meaning “bold, valiant, reckless.”

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Where it comes from

Sturdy comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English stourdy (“bold, valiant, reckless”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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