The surname Hardie, found in Scotland, England and Ireland, is a nickname for a brave or foolhardy man, from the Old French, Middle English term hardi meaning “bold, or courageous.” When found in Ireland and Scotland it is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name Mac Giolla Deacair meaning “son of the hard lad.” The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Hardi, which was dated 1194, in the "Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire." The name is first recorded in the New World in 1641 when Thomas Hardie is recorded as arriving in Maryland. Today there are approximately 3,800 bearers of the name Hardie living in the US.
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