When Christopher Hart was born on 25 December 1809, in Seneca, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Hart, was 36 and his mother, Lucy Kirtland, was 31. He died on 28 January 1810, at the age of 0.
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
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