The alder Surname
alder Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone living by an alder tree (Middle English al(d)re), or by a group of alders (the surname is often found in the plural form in Middle English).
- English: from a Middle English personal name, representing a falling together of two Old English names, Ealdhere ‘ancient army’ and Æ{dh}elhere ‘noble army’.
- German: variant of Alter.
- Translation of Swedish Ahl.
- Translation of Finnish Leppanen.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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