Guesdon

Guesdon is a surname, and may refer to:

The name itself is from Brittany (Breton) area in France and means 'keeper of the elder trees', from Breton. Also ‘Green Earth Mother Goddess’ from Guer ‘green’ + Don ‘Mother Earth, Goddess’ from Brythonic. There is also a relationship to the German Guerdon. guer·don (gûrdn) n. A reward; recompense. tr.v. guer·doned, guer·don·ing, guer·dons To reward.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin widerdnum, alteration (influenced by Latin dnum, gift) of Old High German widarln : widar, back, against; see wi- in Indo-European roots + ln, reward; see lau- in Indo-European roots.]