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WARDROP Family History

This distinguished name, with variant spellings Wardrob(e), Wardrupp, Wardrop, Wardrope and Whatrup, originated as a metonymic occupational name from the office of keeper of the royal wardrobe. The component elements are the Old French "warder" or "garder", to watch, plus "robe", garment; hence, "garderobe", and "warderobe". It is interesting to note that the wardrope was a repository not only for articles of dress, but also for items of furniture, and for foreign spices and confections. The surname is first recorded in Scotland in the early 13th Century, (see below).