English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Gartside
or Garside in Oldham, Lancashire, apparently so named from northern
Middle English garth ‘enclosure’ (Old Norse garðr) +
side ‘hill slope’ (Old English side).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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