Given name & surname
Bannister
“basket, wickerwork”
Bannister is a surname from Norman.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bannister goes back to a word meaning “basket, wickerwork.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bannister’s family of names
In English usage, Bannister as a surname has a related form in BANISTER.
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