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Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Dutch

Meaning & History

Comes from Middle Dutch hert, herte ‘hart’, ‘stag’; probably a nickname for someone who was fleet of foot, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a deer; variant of Heard.
Added 11/21/2016 by Nicholas