The gard Surname
gard Name Meaning and History
- French: metonymic occupational name for a gardener, from the objective case (gard) of Old French gardin ‘garden’.
- English: variant spelling of Guard.
- Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named, from Old Norse garðr ‘farm’.
- Swedish (Gård): topographic or ornamental name from gård ‘farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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