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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the personal name Lanthar, from land ‘land’ + hari ‘army’.
  • German : status name from Middle High German lantherre (lant ‘land’ + herre ‘lord’), denoting an overlord, i.e. someone who had land in his gift.

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