Desjardins
A French locational surname meaning “of the gardens” or “from the gardens.”
The #7,662 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 71,222 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Desjardins is French and is built from de(s) “of the” plus jardins, the plural of jardin “garden.” The name originally identified someone who lived by, worked in, or came from gardens or a place known for gardens. In origin, it is a descriptive place-based surname rather than a nickname.
History
The surname is French in form and is especially associated with French-speaking regions and later French-Canadian communities. It appears in older surname lists alongside other French names built from places or landscape features, which fits its basic locational sense. In North America it is most often encountered through French and Quebecois family lines.
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Fun fact
The plural ending -s is part of the original French form, so Desjardins literally means “of the gardens,” not just “garden.”
From the historical record
“KiNsoN, Parkhurst, Parkman, Garden, Bongarten, Desjardins, Downe, Downes and Downs, Heath, Black heath, Moor, Moore, Moors, Muir, Moorhead and MuiRHEAD, Wiese (" a meadow "), Wiesenthal ("a meadow-valley "), Meadow, Mead, Meade, Meads, Ashmead, Moras, Bogg, Boggs, Bogman, Marsh and Mash, Whitmarsh (i.e., "white…”
— Suffolk Surnames (3rd ed.)