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♂ Harding
What does Harding mean?
Harding 
as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Harding is "brave, strong". Surname from Hearding, a derivative of Heard, and hence closely related to Hardy. American President Warren Gamaliel Harding.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, brave, strong, surname
Variations
VARIANT Hardinge
RELATION VIA HARDY Hardey
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Harding Stetson (H.S.), ..
How popular is Harding?
Harding is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent surname for all people (#823 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Harding entered the list in 1920-1929 and reached its highest rank of #798 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
The only other prominent related form of Harding is Hardy. Adoption of these forms of Harding was common a century ago (AVERAGE #1203), but now, the form Hardy has gone out of style.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Banning, Canning, Cardin, Carling, Darring, Erling, Erving, Godding, Golding, Goring, Haakin, Haddin, Haddon, Hadi, Hadon, Hadwin, Haldan, Haldane, Halden, Hamdani, Hamdi, Harben, Harbin, Harden, Hardin, Hardon, Hardwen (see Hardwin), Hardwick, Hardwin, Hardwinn (see Hardwin), Hardwyn, Hardwynn, Harish, Harjit, Harken, Harkin, Harlan, Harlen, Harlenn, Harli, Harlin, Harlynn, Harman, Harmann, Harmon▼, Harmonn (see Harman), Harmony, Haron, Haroon, Haroun, Harri, Harris, Hartwig, Harun, Harvie, Harwill (see Hartwell), Hasting, Havin, Hawkins, Haydan, Hayden, Haydn, Hazin, Henning, Herin, Irving▼, Jardine, Loring, Manning, Masling (see Maslin), Reading, Reeding (see Reading), Reiding, Starling and Waring. These names tend to be more commonly used than Harding.
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