Given name & surname
Gander
“to glove”
Gander is a surname with more than one origin.
Original FrenchGanter
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, Gander goes back to French ganter, meaning “to glove.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Gander has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from French ganter; as a north German surname, it comes from German; as a south German and Alemannic German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “scree”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Gander as a surname developed from GANTER.
Gander’s family of names
In English usage, Gander as a surname developed from the French form GANTER. In English usage, Gander as a surname has a related form in GONDER. In German usage, Gander has a later derivative in GONDER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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