Meaning & origin
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
Olander through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 173
- 173 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 as a first name in 2020; 2,115 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.
Olander’s family of names
In English usage, Olander as a surname was borrowed from the Swedish form Ölander.
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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