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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) : habitational name from Gartside or Garside in Oldham, Lancashire, apparently so named from northern Middle English garth ‘enclosure’ (Old Norse garðr) + side ‘hill slope’ (Old English sīde).

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