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Hart

in New Jersey

There are 2,240 people with the last name "Hart" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Hart 228
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  1. is 224th most common Ellis
  2. is 225th most common Clarke
  3. is 226th most common Lawrence
  4. is 227th most common Newman
  5. is 228th most common Hart
  6. is 229th most common Hunter
  7. is 230th most common West
  8. is 231st most common Pena
  9. is 232nd most common Palmer

Most Common First Names for Hart

Robert, William, James, John, Michael, Thomas, David, Richard, Mary, Barbara

Meaning & History

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.

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