GARDENER

GARDENER. The occupation. Its forms in the H.R. are Le Gardener and Le Gardiner ; also De Gardiuo and De Gardinis. Its principal modern forms are Gardiner, which according to Camden's joke denotes the gentleman I (E. Surn. i. 118) and the more plebeian Gardner: Gardener itself is rare.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.