The callander Surname
callander Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: habitational name from Callendar near Falkirk or Callander in Perthshire. The original form and meaning of both place names is unclear, but it is certain that they were once distinct; later the former name was transferred to Perthshire under the Livingstones, Earls of Linlithgow.
- Swedish: probably a variant of Carlander, from karl ‘man’ + -ander, ornamental suffix from classical Greek aner, andros ‘man’.
- Variant spelling of German Kalander (see Kolander).
- In some instances, probably a variant spelling of English Callender.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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