The lander Surname
lander Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name from Middle High German lant, German Land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (see Land 1), used originally to denote either someone who was a native of the area in which he lived, in contrast to a newcomer (see Neumann), or someone who lived in the countryside as opposed to a town.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from either of two places called Landau (see Landau), Lande in Yiddish.
- Dutch: from a Germanic personal name formed with land ‘land’ + hardu ‘strong’.
- English: variant of Lavender.
- Americanized form (translation) of French Terrien, found in New England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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