Skardon Family History
Skardon Name Meaning
from Skerraton in Dean Prior (Devon) which is recorded as Siredona in 1086 Scyredun in 1212 Skiredon in 1228 Shyradon in 1425 and Skeredon in 1466. The place-name probably derives from Old English scīr ‘bright’ (with variation between initial [ʃ] and [sk] typical of Devon) + dūn ‘hill’.
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021