# Hardt

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #82,371

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a German topographical surname, from Middle High German hart (“woods”), from Old High German hart (“forest, wood”, literally “hard”).
* As a German and Dutch nickname, cognate with hard and hardy.
Also sometimes a spelling variant of Hart.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hardt