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 1,781
Agricultural Labourer 189
General Labourer 177
Domestic Servant 120
Living On Own Means 111
Labourer 89
Dress Maker 87
Coal Miner 86
Living On Her Own Means 66
General Servant 63
Farm Labourer 61
Laundress 57
General Servant Domestic 55
Gardener 51
Farmer 47
Cotton Weaver 44
House Keeper 40
Carpenter 35
Clerk 34
Grocer 32
Cook Domestic Servant 32
Blacksmith 30
Dressmaker 27
Tailor 27
General Domestic Servant 26

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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