Family name origins & meanings
- German : an altered spelling of Hartrich, from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hard ‘hardy’, ‘strong’ + rīc ‘power’, ‘rule’.
- The name was brought from the Palatinate, Germany, to Co. Wexford, Ireland, in the early 18th century, and reached America from there a century later. It was brought to Canada independently in the 18th century.