Gardham
English
editEtymology
editRecorded as Gerdene in the Domesday Book, tha placename derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse gerði (“fenced field”).
Proper noun
editGardham (countable and uncountable, plural Gardhams)
- A hamlet in Cherry Burton parish and Etton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9542).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gardham is the 13202nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 415 individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gardham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse