Bell vs Hardy

Bell

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage. 

  • A municipality in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate. 

  • A female given name, variant of Belle; mostly used as a middle name in the 19th century. 

  • A town in Gilchrist County, Florida. 

  • A rural town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. 

  • A municipality in Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 

  • An unincorporated community in Logan County, Illinois. 

  • A city in Los Angeles County, California. 

  • The Bell telephone company (after Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.) 

  • Three townships in Pennsylvania. 

  • A village in the City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. 

  • A village in Eastern Cape, South Africa. 

  • A surname of Scottish and northern English origin for a bell ringer, bellmaker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)." 

  • A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma. 

  • A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. 

noun
  • a telephone utility; a Baby Bell. 

Hardy

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A township in Holmes County, Ohio. 

  • A village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. 

  • A former town in Manchester, England, now absorbed into Chorlton-cum-Hardy. 

  • Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English novelist and poet. 

  • A minor city in Humboldt County, Iowa. 

  • An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. 

  • A minor city in Sharp County and Fulton County, Arkansas. 

  • A locality east of Peterborough, South Australia. 

  • An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Virginia. 

  • A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada. 

  • A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana. 

  • An unincorporated community in Grenada County, Mississippi. 

  • An unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky. 

  • A common surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a hardy person. 

  • A hamlet in Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

How often have the words Bell and Hardy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )