French: from the plural of jardin ‘garden’ (Old French
jart), with the preposition and definite article des
‘from the’; a topographic name or a habitational name from any of
numerous minor places so named. In the U.S., this name was often
translated as Gardner.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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