origin of surname harding
English (mainly southern England and South Wales) and Irish: from the Old English personal name Hearding, originally a patronymic from Hard 1.he surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard âhardyâ, âbraveâ, âstrongâ.