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Hart.

An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from Middle English hert (“stag, hart”).

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  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from Middle English hert (“stag, hart”).

  2. A surname from Irish anglicised from the Irish Ó hAirt (“descendant of a person named Bear or Champion”) (see Old Irish art (“bear”))

  3. A village and civil parish in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4735).

  4. A local government district in northeastern Hampshire, England.

  5. A tributary of the River Whitewater in Hampshire and ultimately of the Thames; in full, the River Hart.

  6. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.

  7. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Oceana County, Michigan.

  8. A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Winona County, Minnesota.

  9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.

  10. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Macon County, Missouri.

  11. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Castro County, Texas.

  12. A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hart Township.

  13. A locality in the Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia.

  14. A locality in Wakefield Regional council area, Mid North region, South Australia.

Where this word comes from

* As an English and north/Low German surname, from the noun hart (“stag”). * As a German surname, variant of Hardt. * As a Jewish/Yiddish and Dutch surname, from derivatives of *hertā (“heart”), *hard(ī) (“hard”), or *herut (“stag”), or converged senses of them. These senses are also translated from other languages such as French Francoeur, Jolicoeur, Vadeboncoeur, and Native American (Cheyenne) Homa'ehesta, from homa'e (“beaver”) + hesta (“heart”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó hAirt (“descendant of Art”), from the noun art (“bear”). Compare Hartin.

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