# Hardie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hardie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,071 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,141 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 75,840 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (3,855 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish variant of Hardy. Also shortened from McHardie, Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic mac C(h)ardaidh (“son of the craftsman”), from ceardaí.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hardie in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hardie in New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hardie

- Michael Hardie Boys, 17th Governor-General of New Zealand (1931–2023)
- Russell Hardie, American actor (1904-1973)
- Kate Hardie, British actress

## Similar surnames

Hart, Hardy, Heard, Hardee, Harrod, Hoard, Harte, Hard, Harada, Huard, Hardaway, Hardt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.