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lanier Name Meaning and History

  1. French, Dutch, and English: occupational name for someone involved in the wool trade, from an agent derivative of Old French la(i)ne ‘wool’.
  2. French and Dutch: occupational name, with the definite article, for a pack driver, from French âne ‘ass’, ‘donkey’ (Latin asinus).
  3. French and Dutch: nickname for a falconer, from Old French lanier, lenier, a kind of falcon.
  4. French and Dutch: nickname for a lazy, slow, timid, or cowardly person, from Old French lanier, lenier.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of lanier Families in the US in 1920
Number of lanier families
 168-334
 57-167		 1-56
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nicholas lanier katherine branch 2
Richard Lanier of Bulloch County Georgia Vance Harris 3
BERRY LANIER - LANIERS IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA Kturnpaugh1956 20
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