Given name & surname
Lander
“one who owns land”
Lander is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who owns land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who owns land.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lander through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,162
- 1,162 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #3,022 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,022 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 880 as a first name in 2020; 4,762 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lander’s family of names
Lander has a related form in Landry. Lander has a related form in Landis. Lander has a related form in Land.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Lander
- Lander Aperribairoad bicycle racerborn 1982
- Lander OlaetxeaSpanish association football playerborn 1993
- Lander Seynaevecyclistborn 1992
- Lander EubaSpanish bicycle racerborn 1977
- Lander GabilondoSpanish footballerborn 1987
- Lander PinillosSpanish footballerborn 2003
- Lander PaneraSpanish footballerborn 1981
- Lander MartínezSpanish politicianborn 1989
- Lander LoockxBelgian cyclocross riderborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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