as a Last Name
- 1,341
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Cardon
Meaning & Origins
French: from Old Norman French cardon ‘thistle’ (a diminutive of carde, from Latin carduus), hence a topographic name for someone who lived on land overgrown with thistles, an occupational name for someone who carded wool (originally a process carried out with thistles and teasels), or perhaps a nickname for a prickly and unapproachable person.
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,341
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Cardon per capita
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