Hardy

Etymology 1
From +.

Proper noun

 * , now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

Etymology 2

 * As an English, Scottish, and surname, from, , from.
 * As an surname, via    as a calque of the above.
 * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of.

Proper noun

 * , originally a nickname for a hardy person.
 * 1) Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet.

Etymology
Short form of compound names beginning or ending with Hart-, -hard "hard". Compare the adjective.