This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gairdner, Gardiner, Gardner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgC.2ACE/6465.2456 Message Board Post: You may or may not have this info. by now but if you type in your browser "Last name meanings" and "Origin of the Gairdner, Gardner etc.". It will bring up a LOT of info. on this name, origin, etc.