English: perhaps a nickname for a shy or short-sighted person,
from Old English wand ‘mole’. Compare Want.German: occupational name for a weaver or cloth cutter, from a
reduced form of Middle High German gewant ‘cloth’,
‘garment’. Compare Wander 2.German: topographic name from
Middle High German want ‘wall’, ‘steep rock’, ‘precipice’.Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a glove maker, from
Middle Dutch wante ‘glove’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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