as a Last Name
- 11,559
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Hardesty
Meaning & Origins
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Hardisty Hill in the parish of Fewston, North Yorkshire, recorded in 1379 as Hardolfsty, from the Old English personal name Heardwulf (composed of the elements heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + wulf ‘wolf’) + Old English stīg ‘path’.
| 3,131st in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,559
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Hardesty per capita
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