Gardner (surname)

Gardner is a surname of English, Scottish or Irish origin.[1] Some sources say it is an occupational surname that comes from the word "gardener".[2] Other sources claim that it is derived from the Saxon words gar, meaning "a weapon", and dyn meaning "sound or alarm", combined with the termination er gives the name "Gair-den-er", which means "a warrior", "one who bears arms".[3] Early variants included Gardyner, Gardener, Gardenar, Gardinier, Gardiner, and Gardner; the last two are the most common today.[4]

There is a tradition[5] held by some of the descendants of William Gardiner (son of Benoni), son of George of Newport, that William won his crest at Acre in 1191, by chopping through the shoulder of a Saracen who was about to kill Richard Coeur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart, hence the Saracen's head on the coat of arms.

As a surname, Gardner is the 132nd most common surname in Great Britain, It is most common in Lancashire, and Greater London, where it is the 84th and 144th most common surname, in both counties having 4,911 bearers, respectively. Other concentrations include, Shetland Islands, (11th,1,741), Nottinghamshire, (24th,4,827), South Ayrshire, (49th,1,667), North Lanarkshire, (88th,1,675), Derbyshire, (254th,1,727), West Sussex, (273rd,1,621), Cambridgeshire, (349th,1,689), Lincolnshire, (369th,1,729), Greater Manchester, (426th,1,691), Hertfordshire, (449th,1,643), and, Essex (821st,1,621).

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  • Walter Everson Gardner (1873–1943), mine manager in Broken Hill, New South Wales
  • Wayne Gardner (born 1959), Australian racing motorcyclist
  • Wes Gardner (born 1961), American Major League baseball player
  • William Gardner (disambiguation) many people, including

Fictional characters
  • Admiral Gardner, head of Starfleet in Star Trek: Enterprise
  • Amy Gardner, a character in The West Wing
  • Chauncey Gardner, Peter Sellers' character in Being There
  • Guy Gardner (comics), a DC Comics superhero
  • Sam Gardner and his descendants, the Gardner family in The Lord of the Rings
  • Téa Gardner, English name of Anzu Mazaki, a Yu-Gi-Oh! anime character
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See also

References
  1. "Gardner Name Meaning & Gardner Family History at Ancestry.com". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  2. "Baby Name Gardner - Origin and Meaning of Gardner". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  3. "GARDINER-GARDNER FAMILY HISTORY". familysearch.org. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  4. Origin of the Gardner Surname Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "GARDINER-GARDNER FAMILY HISTORY".
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