English Explanatory Dictionary

Herdt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.

Word forms

Herdt Herdts

Etymology

* As a south German surname, from the adjective hart (“hard”), also the noun Herd (“hearth”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from the personal name Herto, itself from the root of hart. * As a Dutch surname, spelling variant of Herd, from hert (“stag”).

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