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Sturdy

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : nickname for an impetuous or hot-headed man, from Middle English st(o)urdi ‘reckless’, ‘rash’ (a reduced form of Old French est(o)urdi, past participle of estourdir ‘to daze or stupefy’).

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