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commander Name Meaning and History

English: from Middle English comander, comando(u)r ‘leader’, ‘ruler’, probably applied as a nickname, although Reaney suggests that the term, derived from Old French comandeor, also denoted the officer in charge of a commandery, for example of the Knights Templars, and in this sense it would have been an occupational or status name.
Americanized spelling of German Kommander, a name of uncertain origin. Brechenmacher suggests that it may be a Classicized form of Hoffmann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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commander Family Facts

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Distribution of commander Families in the US in 1920

Number of commander families

14-26

5-13

1-4

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COMMANDER John W and Ruby L	t42MountOlivet	0
Captain Thomas Commander-Statement by Persons Unknown	Malcolm Commander	6
Re Commander family	ellie67834	10
Commanders in Warwickshire	teresacooke_1	3
Emile Commander	M. Evans	8
Commander Family	Renee	63
Thomas Commander - SC	john anderson	0
Sister Named Betty Shaffer	LoriHarrison88	0
Gordon Commander Family of Texas	rflowe_1	1
commanders	o4tranch	3

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