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pardon Name Meaning and History

  1. English (Norfolk): from Middle English pardun, pardon ‘pardon’, a metonymic occupational name for a pardoner, a person licensed to sell papal pardons or indulgences.
  2. German: either a cognate of 1 (also for a sexton), from Old French pardon ‘pardon’, or perhaps a nickname from Middle Low German bardun, Middle High German purdune ‘pipe’ (instrument), ‘tenor’ (voice).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of pardon Families in the US in 1920
Number of pardon families
 12-21
 5-11
 1-4
 0
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