Given name & surname
Gardiner
“one who works the earth”·“the keeper of the garden”
Gardiner is a variant of Gardner. Interpretations include “one who works the earth” (English) and “the keeper of the garden” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gardiner is a variant of Gardner. Interpretations include “one who works the earth” (English) and “the keeper of the garden” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gardiner is a variant of Gardner. An origin associated with Gardner is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gardiner through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 195
- 195 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 196 as a first name in 2020; 11,288 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gardiner’s family of names
Gardiner has a related form in Gardner. In English usage, Gardiner as a surname has a related form in Gardener. In English usage, Gardiner as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Κηπουρός.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gardiner
- Gardiner Greene HubbardAmerican lawyer (1822–1897)
- Gardiner MeansAmerican economist1896–1988
- Gardiner GreeneAmerican businessman (1753–1832)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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