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
School 416
Farm Labourer 49
Private Means 43
General Labourer 30
General Servant (domestic) 29
None 26
Domestic Servant 26
Labourer 24
Laundress 23
Coal Miner Hewer 22
Dressmaker 18
Cook (domestic) 17
Farmer 16
Old Age Pensioner 16
At Home 13
Charwoman 12
Dress Maker 12
House Painter 11
General Servant 11
General Servant Domestic 11
No Occupation 11
Clerk 10
Cook 10
Domestic 10
Soldier 10

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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