English: habitational name from Chard or South Chard in
Somerset, recorded in Domesday Book as Cerdren, possibly from
Old English ceart ‘rough heathland’ + ærn ‘building’,
‘dwelling’. In some instances the surname may have arisen simply as a
topographic name from ceart.French: habitational name for someone from Chard in the department
of Creuse.
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