Heard

Short form of various Old English names containing the element heard meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy" [3] .

classic mature strong rough strange simple serious

1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 285.
3. Bosworth and Toller. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), page 521, available from http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html.

brave courage English verbs strength word names