Given name & surname · also German

Kanter

Kanter is a surname from German, ultimately from Dutch. It is used in English and Estonian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kanter comes from German, and ultimately from Dutch.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kanter’s family of names

In English usage, Kanter as a surname has a related form in KANDER. In English usage, Kanter as a surname has a related form in Kant. In English usage, Kanter as a surname has a related form in KANTOR.

Walk Kanter’s family in the name graph

KanterΚαντέρΚάντερKantKanderKantor

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Dutch

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Old High German

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Dutch

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German

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Dutch

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Sibling ideas

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