Gardner - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Gardner \g(a)-rd-ner, gar-dner\ is pronounced GARD-ner. It is of Middle English origin, and its meaning is "keeper of the garden". Occupational name. In the US, there are two distinguished families: the "blind" Gardners famous for the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston, and the "sighted" Gardiner family famous for Gardiner's Island on Long Island Sound.

Gardner has 8 variant forms: Gard, Gardell, Gardener, Gardenner, Gardie, Gardiner, Gardnar and Gardnard.

Baby names that sound like Gardner are Carden and Gorden.

Gardner is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Gardner. Click here to compare Gardner with related baby names.