The bannister Surname
bannister Name Meaning and History
English: metonymic occupational name for a basket weaver, from
Anglo-Norman French banastre ‘basket’ (the result of a Late
Latin cross between Gaulish benna and Greek kanistron).
The term denoting a stair rail is unconnected with this name; it was
not used before the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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