Etymology

Harding

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Today it means: An English and Irish surname transferred from the given name. Full definition →

Germanic
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  1. Germanic · derived from
  2. English todayHarding

Originally a patronymic from Hardy or from compound given names with the Germanic element *hard (“hard”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.