Garden Family History
Garden Name Meaning
English and Scottish: metonymic occupational name for a gardener or topographic name for one who lived by a garden from Middle English Older Scots gardin garde(i)n ‘garden; enclosed area for ground for cultivation’ Old French gardin. Compare Gardner . German (North Rhine-Westphalia): patronymic from Gard or Garde . French: occupational name for a guardian from gardenc an old derivative of Old French garde ‘watch protection’. This surname is rare in France.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022