The surname Tardy has several origins. It is an old French family name.Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom, 1860, p. 339 It may also refer to a number of families of Hungarian nobility: Tardy alias Lélek, Tardy alias Pap, Tardy alias Szeles, Tardy de Csaholy, Tardy de Kisár, Tardy de Kőröstopa et Mezőtelegd, Tardy de Tard.Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, List of Historical Surnames of the Hungarian Nobility / A magyar történelmi nemesség családneveinek listája (view content), Library Series, CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, West Lafayette: Purdue University Press
Notable people with the surname include: Donald Tardy (born 1970), American drummer Fernand Tardy (1919–2017), French politician Gregory Tardy (born 1966), American jazz saxophonist Jacque Alexander Tardy (1767–1827), French pirate James Tardy, (between 1773 and 1787 – 1835), Irish naturalist John Tardy (born 1968), American singer Joshua Tardy, American politician Lionel Tardy (born 1966), French politician Louis-Marie-François Tardy de Montravel (1811–1864), French admiral, explorer, and colonial administrator Richard Tardy (born 1950), a French football manager
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