Etymology

Hardie

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Today it means: A surname transferred from the nickname. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic mac
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  1. Scottish Gaelic · derived frommac
  2. English todayHardie

Scottish variant of Hardy. Also shortened from McHardie, Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic mac C(h)ardaidh (“son of the craftsman”), from ceardaí.

Words from the same roots

Scottish Gaelicmac all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.