Släkthistoria för Hartfree
Hartfree Vad efternamn betyder
of uncertain origin. Pre-18th century bearers have not been found and so it is not possible to suggest an etymological origin with any confidence but if Johannes Harthfrith 1381 in Poll Tax (Great Dunmow Essex) is relevant then the surname may derive from an unrecorded Old English personal name composed of the elements heard ‘hard’ + frið ‘peace’. More likely it is an altered form by folk etymology of another name such as Hartfield or Hartford but no evidence has been found to corroborate either possibility.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
