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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