HART

HART. A male deer — a common charge of lieraldrj'. Its medieval form as a surname is ' Le Hart.' We have a large importation of Harts from Germany, where the word imilies hard, stiif, inflexible, rude, or severe. Manj' Jewish families hear this name.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.