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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Greek : Protector of mankind
  • Middle English : Alexander's son

How Popular Is The Name Sander

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, Scottish, Dutch, German, and Swedish : from the personal name Sander, a reduced form of Alexander.
  • German : topographic name for someone who lived on sandy soil, from Sand 1 + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.
  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of seven farmsteads so named in southeastern Norway, from the indefinite plural form of Old Norse sandr ‘sand’, ‘sandy plain’, ‘beach’.

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