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Harding - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Harding

[ 2 syll. har-din(g), ha-rdi-ng ] The boy name Harding is pronounced HHAARDihNG KEY. Harding's origin is Germanic, and its use, English. Derived from the word hart which means 'brave, hardy'. Hearding (Old English) is an older form of Harding. A variant of Harding is Harden (English). Hardy (pet form in English) is another variant of Harding.

Harding is an uncommon baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1921, 0.021% of baby boys were given the name Harding. It was #394 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep drop in popularity since then, and is of only very light use now. Within all boy names in its family, Harding was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2008.

KEY: Pronunciation for Harding: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)"


 
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