Last Name GARDINER

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Meaning The gardener. As might be expected a familiar entry in every mediavael record. The large number or representatives in the London Directory indirectly proves the popularity of the avocation.
A gardener.
This name may be derived from the same roots as 'Gairdin.' It is probably, however, the same as 'Gardener,' the orthography having been changed. Camden says, "Wise was the man that told my Lord Bishop (Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester) that his name was not Gardener as the English pronounce it, but Gardiner, with the French accent, and therefore a gentleman." The principal family of the Gardiners in the United States derive their descent from Lion Gardiner, a native of Scotland, who served under General Fairfax in the Low Countries as an engineer. He was sent to this country in 1635, by Lords Say and Sele, Brooke, and others, to build a fort, and make a settlement on their grant at the mouth of the Connecticut river. He built the fort at Saybrook, which name he gave to it after the names of his patrons Lords Say and Brooke. His eldest son, David, born at Fort Saybrook, in 1636, was the first white child born in Connecticut. He afterward bought from the Indians the island in Long Island Sound, called by them Monchonack, and by the English the Isle of Wight, paying for it, as the old records say, a black dog, a gun, and some Dutch blankets. He removed there with his family, and gave it the name of Gardiner's Island. The island then stayed in the possession of the family, having descended in a direct line from Lion Gardiner.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean

Rank 3,050 (2000 US census) 2,771 (1990 US census)
Count 10,886 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.98%, or 9578 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.91%, or 861 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.45%, or 49 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.47%, or 51 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.5%, or 163 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.69%, or 184 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Belarus middle names

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