The cardon Surname
cardon Name Meaning and History
- French: from Old Norman French cardon ‘thistle’ (a diminutive of carde, from Latin carduus), hence a topographic name for someone who lived on land overgrown with thistles, an occupational name for someone who carded wool (originally a process carried out with thistles and teasels), or perhaps a nickname for a prickly and unapproachable person.
- French: possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard.
- English: variant spelling of Carden, cognate with 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Cardons in Europe | Patrick Cardon | 3 |
| Cardons in France |
 lorenglish321
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| Obit: Emilio B. Cardon |
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| Cardon family | Kara Veit | 0 |
| Cardon, Patricia E or maybe called Charlene | Mary Pugsley Kramer | 0 |
| Cardon, Patricia E or Sara(h)of Ohio |
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