Gardner
Occupational family name
Gardner is a surname, originally an occupational name for someone who tended gardens.
Notable bearers include mystery writer Erle Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason, and Martin Gardner, whose mathematical puzzles appeared in Scientific American for decades.
As a place name, Gardner appears in several U.S. cities. (Gardner is a variant spelling of the occupational word gardener.)
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
English origin · occupational surname · Perry Mason · author · novelist · writer · mathematician · actress
Plant cultivation specialist
- landscaperOutdoor space designer
- groundskeeperProperty maintenance worker
- nurserymanCommercial plant cultivator
- cultivatorSoil-turning implement
planter · botanist · caretaker · topiarist · arborist · floriculturist · greenkeeper · yardman
County's smaller division
- municipalityLocal governing district
- townMid-sized settlement
- cityLarge populated area
- county seatAdministrative center of a region
locale · settlement · district · community
genealogy
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- lineageDescent from progenitors
heritage · English origin · occupational surname · Perry Mason · author · novelist · writer · mathematician · actress · psychologist
horticulturist
Plant cultivation specialist
- landscaperOutdoor space designer
- groundskeeperProperty maintenance worker
- nurserymanCommercial plant cultivator
cultivator · planter · botanist · caretaker · topiarist · arborist · floriculturist · greenkeeper · yardman · seedsman
township
County's smaller division
- municipalityLocal governing district
- townMid-sized settlement
- cityLarge populated area
county seat · locale · settlement · district · community