English, Scottish, and northern Irish: occupational name for a
watchman or guard, from Norman French wardein (a derivative of
warder ‘to guard’).English: habitational name from any of
various places, for example in Bedfordshire, County Durham, Kent,
Northumbria, and Northamptonshire, called Warden, from Old English
weard ‘watch’ + dun ‘hill’. Compare Wardlaw
and Wardle 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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