Meaning and Origin of: Zander

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First Name

Last Name

Boy name origins & meanings

• Greek : Defender of man

Family name origins & meanings

• German : variant spelling of Sander.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Sander, Zander ‘pike perch’.
• South German : occupational name for a barber-surgeon who also pulled teeth, an agent derivative from Middle High German zan(t) ‘tooth’.