Gardham

English

Etymology

Recorded as Gerdene in the Domesday Book, tha placename derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse gerði (“fenced field”).

Proper noun

Gardham (countable and uncountable, plural Gardhams)

1. A hamlet in Cherry Burton parish and Etton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9542).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gardham is the 13202^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 415 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gardham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.
• Forebears