Frequency: (1841)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: variant spelling of Sander.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Sander, Zander ‘pike perch’.
3. South German: occupational name for a barber-surgeon who also pulled teeth, an agent derivative from Middle High German zan(t) ‘tooth’.
GIVEN NAMES: German 5%. Kurt (4), Dieter (2), Ernst (2), Erwin (2), Klaus (2), Otto (2), Detlef, Eldor, Ewald, Gerhardt, Hans, Helmuth.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
