Gardener Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Gardener Name Meaning: Thought to originate from the French word 'gardin' or the German 'gard' meaning 'an enclosure'.

An occuptaional name given to someone who maintained gardens for noblemen etc and looked after the growing of food for a kitchen garden.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Gardener Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gardener family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,243
Agricultural Labourer 180
Domestic Servant 96
General Labourer 80
Dress Maker 76
General Servant 67
Labourer 67
Laundress 55
Coal Miner 51
Annuitant 38
General Servant Domestic 34
Farm Labourer 31
Gardener 28
House Keeper 25
Carpenter 24
Servant 24
General Domestic Servant 19
Brick Layer 17
Charwoman 17
Cook 17
Tailor 17
Clerk 15
Cook Domestic 14
Stone Mason 14
No Occupation 13

Gardener Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gardner 88% 118,728
2 Gardener 100% 53,870
3 Gardiner 88% 41,044
4 Gairdner 75% 193
5 Gardnor 75% 188
6 Gordner 75% 155
7 Gradner 63% 103

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The surname Gardener is the 2nd most popular variant of Gardner.

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