Harding

Meaning

surname-style, "brave, hardy son" (heard, "hardy, brave")

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Harding has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Harding

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