Hart

in District Of Columbia

There are 282 people with the last name "Hart" in District Of Columbia.

Ranking in District Of Columbia

Name	Rank
Hart	136

is 132nd most common Mack
is 133rd most common Simpson
is 134th most common Proctor
is 135th most common Russell
is 136th most common Hart
is 137th most common Porter
is 138th most common Fields
is 139th most common Saunders
is 140th most common Wade

Meaning & History

Hart

English and North German: from a personal name or nickname meaning ‘stag’, Middle English hert, Middle Low German hërte, harte.

German: variant spelling of Hardt 1 and 2.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name or a nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirt ‘descendant of Art’, a byname meaning ‘bear’, ‘hero’. The English name became established in Ireland in the 17th century.

French: from an Old French word meaning ‘rope’, hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a rope maker or a hangman.

Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch hart, hert ‘hard’, ‘strong’, ‘ruthless’, ‘unruly’.

FOREBEARS This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Stephen Hart was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.