German: from Middle High German ban ‘area (of fields or
woods) banned from agricultural or other use’, hence probably a
topographic name for someone who lived by such a reserve. See also
Banwart.English: of uncertain origin. Reaney
suggests that it may be from an unrecorded Old English personal name
Banna, or a metonymic occupational name for a basket maker,
from Old French bane, banne ‘hamper’, ‘pannier’. Compare
French Bane.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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