Sander (name)
The first and later family name Sander is from the 12th / 13th centuries. The short form of Alexander , which was created and often used in the German , Dutch and English- speaking areas in the 19th century , just as Hans is still widely known today as the short form of Johannes .
Sander as a first name
As a male first name , Sander was used in Germany until the 17th century, but then disappeared from linguistic usage, while it is still used as such in Dutch today. Likewise, the names Sander and Saunder, which are no longer common today , were used earlier in England . The Saunder variant refers to the name Alexandre , which was initially pronounced in French , and shows the migration of the name from the continent to the island. Similarly, the nicknames Sandro (from Alessandro ) in Italy and Sándor in Hungary are still in use today.
The female form Alexandra is shortened to Sandra , a female given name that is currently still widely used.
Sander as a family name
As Surname Sander has predominantly patronymic developed from the first name and received the German name treasure. In addition, residents of farms with the farm name Sander, which was mostly derived from the first settler and remained independent of the name of later owners, will have adopted this residence name as their family name.
The name is common in northern and central Germany, especially in Lower Saxony and Westphalia . The main area of distribution, measured by the percentage of name bearers in the total population, is in the area around the Teutoburg Forest , the Wiehen Mountains and the western Harz foreland . Even in the neighboring regions of Hesse , Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia (z. B. in the village Heyda , held in which about 50 500 inhabitants that name) is still relatively common surname, in West Germany, with the exception of Saarland , but already less to be found. The name Sander is rare in southern Germany , Austria and Switzerland . The namesake living there today are probably primarily descendants of immigrants from the north. An estimated 30,000 Sander and Sanders bearers of the name live in Germany today. Abroad, the first name has become a surname in a significant number only on the British Isles . Due to the considerable emigration of Germans and English to the USA , the surname is also common there today. Why the first names known there ( Sander , Sandro , Sándor ) in Dutch, Italian and Hungarian have not evolved into a family name still needs to be investigated.
Origin and development of the name
Sander or Alexander is the Germanized form of the Greek name Aléxandros (as much as: who fends off the [foreign] men , in the figurative sense: the protector ). The name is already around 1280 BC. In a Hittite document in the form Alaksandu as the name of a Bronze Age king of Wilusa . It found acceptance in the German world of names less through the church name (see Pope Alexander III. ), But since around 1140 through the medieval Alexander songs and Alexander novels , which praise Alexander the great and in the Middle Ages were among the most widespread writings after the Bible . This ancient conqueror of the Orient had been brought back into the field of vision of the West with the crusades to the east since 1096, and his name first became popular in aristocratic circles who were able to read. The short form Sander has manifested itself much more often than Alexander or Alex as a family name. This is due to the fact that in German Alexánder ([ a.lɛk.ˈzan.dɐ ]) is stressed differently than in Greek on the third syllable , which promoted the detachment from the original and the new creation of the (linguistically meaningless) short form. This suggests that Sander already as a first name Middle Ages as the original form was far more common, such as in the 1285 in Rostock mentioned Sander Swarenpenning . The Polish spelling Aleksander also shows the syllable border, as does Alexsander (!), Mayor of Breslau , who was attested in 1229 .
The names Zander (especially in northern and eastern Germany, in the Rhine-Ruhr area and partly due to immigration from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also in southern Sweden), Xander (rarely, see Brigitte Xander , actually Ksander ) and Tschander are regional variants and in the same way and wise emerged. In contrast to many other family names, Sander and Zander have been inherited very stably through the centuries. Changes from sander to pikeperch or vice versa are known to only a few. Due to the usual shift from -ande to -ange on the Lower Rhine (Krefeld / Viersen / Mönchengladbach) , the variants Zanger (s) and Sangers prevailed , of which only the form Zanger has survived . A rare variant is the smoothed Sanner shape . The name forms Sanders , Zanders , Sandersen , Sanderson (English), Sandering (Low German) are patronyms and mean something like Sanders son or Sanders servant etc. Sanderling (cf. Kurt Sanderling ) is a diminutive of Sander. The rare name Santer (cf. Jacques Santer ) can be a variant of Sander, but is more likely to be borrowed from the Latin term sanctus .
In England, the patronymic forms Sanders and Saunders have emerged as family names.
Other possible interpretations of the family name
The family Sander can also serve as origin or dwelling place name are interpreted, which refers to one of the many local and field names sand or the like, on the sand.. Or refers a dwelling on sandy terrain. A sander is therefore someone who was resident in one of these places or corridors . However, this was far less important for the name formation than the previously discussed personal name, which can also be read from the surnames Sand (t) and Sande , which are much less common than Sander and which refer directly to a place of this name. Such sandy terrain is shown by z. B. also the East Frisian place names Großsander , Kleinsander , Ostersander and Westersander , the forest Sander Tannen or the Sanderglacis in Würzburg . The name Sandner is also derived from the corresponding place names.
The fish names sander and pikeperch are only documented from the 16th century.
A derivation from Sandherr (overseer of a sand pit) or even Sangherr ( cantor ) is also only conceivable in individual cases.
The landscape form Sander is a language creation that emerged in the 19th century (from Icelandic sandr) and is therefore not considered for the formation of family names.
Place names derived from Sander
Place names that contain the personal name Sander are Sandersleben in Anhalt, Groß Santersleben and Klein Santersleben near Magdeburg, Sandersdorf near Bitterfeld, another Sandersdorf in Franconia and Sandershausen near Kassel. They probably emerged from solitary farms that can be traced back to a man named Sander or a similar-sounding name. Sandersleben and the two Santersleben are the oldest of these places. They are made up of Sanders and the Germanic word Leben (v. Gothic laiba = inheritance, legacy, property). Sandersleben therefore means something like Sander's inheritance or Sander's possession . The noble family von Sandersleben , which still exists today, comes from the village of Klein Santersleben . The town of Reichenbach in Upper Lusatia once belonged to a noble von Sander family in Silesia, also known as Sander von Sandershausen .
However, the age of these places reveals a problem that contradicts the derivation of Alexander mentioned above and has yet to be investigated in terms of linguistic history. Sandersleben was first mentioned in 1046 and Santersleben for the first time in 1013 as Groten Sanderslove . Onomastically , the origin of these names can be dated to the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. The name Sander (or similar) therefore seems to have existed among the Germanic peoples even before Christianization . The ancient Germanic personal names Sandheri ( Frisian ), Sandrih , Sandmar , Sandebold , Sandolt , Sandarat , Sandebert and ( Prussian ) Sandar -er, -ir , with the short forms Sando , Sande , Santo etc. (in Indo-European sanpas , Old Norse sannr , Danish sand = "true, the true, the right"). These old Germanic names hardly come into consideration for the direct formation of Sander surnames, as they were long out of use in the High Middle Ages , when surnames first emerged. For the formation of the place names mentioned, however, they can be used and this may only be adapted later to the common later name Sander. This applies at least to Sandershausen , first mentioned in 1167 as Sandrateshusen . In the case of Sandersdorf near Bitterfeld, which was founded around 1150/60, however, a derivation of the new name Sander can be assumed.
Name bearer
family name
A.
- Adam Joachim Sander (around 1720–1769), German lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Stettin
- Adolf Sander (politician, 1801) (1801–1845), German lawyer and politician, MdL Baden
- Adolf Sander (politician, 1864) (1864–1922), German politician (DNVP), MdL Saxony
- Agnes Sander-Plump (1888–1980), German painter
- Andreas Sander (* 1989), German ski racer
- Anne Sander (* 1973), French politician
- Anton Sander (1586–1664), Flemish priest and historian
- August Sander (1876–1964), German photographer
- Author Sander (around 1500 – around 1540), German lawyer
B.
- Beate Sander (* approx. 1938), German table tennis player and author
- Bertha Sander (1901–1990), German interior designer and author
- Berthold Sander (1890–1943), German Kapellmeister
- Britta Sander (* 1970), German television presenter
- Bruno Sander (1884–1979), Austrian geologist and poet
C.
- Christian Levin Sander (1756–1819), German-Danish writer and educator
- Christoph Sander (diplomat) (* 1953), German diplomat
- Christoph Sander (* 1988), Austrian athlete
- Constantin Emil Sander-Hansen (1905–1963), Danish Egyptologist
D.
- Daniel Sander (1939 / 40–2007), French choreographer, dancer and actor
- David Sander (1867–1939), German rabbi
- Dirk Sander (* 1956), German long-distance runner
E.
- Eberhard Sander (1922–2015), German surgeon
- Edgar Sander (1895– ??), Namibian surgeon and politician
- Elisabeth Sander (* 1941), German-Austrian psychologist
- Ellen Sander (* 1942), German singer
- Emil Sander (1905–1985), German politician (KPD)
- Engelbert Sander (1929-2004), German trade unionist and politician (SPD)
- Enno Sander (1822–1912), German pharmacist and revolutionary
- Erich Sander (ancient historian) (1885–1975), German ancient historian and high school teacher
- Erich Sander (geographer) (1895–1971), German geographer and secondary school teacher
- Erich Sander (music publisher) (1902–1983), German music publisher
- Erich Sander (photographer) (1903–1944), German photographer
- Erna Sander (1914–1991), German costume designer
- Ernemann Sander (* 1925), German sculptor
- Ernst Sander (writer) (1898–1976), German writer and translator
- Ernst Sander (SS member) (1916–1990), German SS Oberscharführer
- Erol Sander (* 1968), German actor
- Erwin Sander (1892–1962), German lieutenant general
- Evamarie Sander (* 1928), German biologist
F.
- Ferdinand Sander (politician) (1840–1920), German entrepreneur and politician
- Ferdinand Sander (pedagogue) (1840–1921), German pedagogue and clergyman
- Frank Sander (* 1980), German water diver
- Franz Günter Sander (1943–2012), German orthodontist
- Frederick Sander (1847–1920), German-British gardener
- Frida Sander , maiden name of Frida Wulff (1876–1952), German politician (SPD, USPD)
- Friedrich Sander (politician) (1832–1911), German domain tenant and politician, MdR
- Friedrich Sander (medic) (1833–1878), German medic
- Friedrich Sander (musician) (1856–1899), German musician and instrument maker
- Friedrich Sander (psychologist) (1889–1971), German psychologist
- Friedrich Ludwig Sander (1783–1846), German mountain master
- Friedrich Wilhelm Sander (1885–1938), German pyrotechnician and designer
- Fritz Sander (lawyer) (1889–1939), Austrian lawyer and legal sociologist
- Fritz Sander ( Friedrich Sander ; 1905–1986), German politician
G
- Georg Sander (* 1958), German librarian
- Gerald G. Sander (* 1966), German lawyer
- Gerhard Sander (1920–2009), German entrepreneur and health insurance manager
- Gregor Sander (* 1968), German author
- Gudrun Sander (* 1964), Austrian economist and university lecturer
- Guido Sander (* 1973), German entrepreneur and long-distance runner
- Günther M. Sander (* 1961), German judge
- Gustav Sander (1881–1955), German trade unionist and politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
H
- Hanns Sander (1888–1968), German builder and politician (NSDAP)
- Hans Sander (resistance fighter) (1911–1996), German resistance fighter
- Hans-Dietrich Sander (1928–2017), German publicist
- Hans-Heinrich Sander (1945-2017), German politician (FDP)
- Hans-Joachim Sander (* 1959), German theologian and university professor
- Heinrich Sander (writer) (1754–1782), German teacher and writer
- Heinrich Sander (politician) (1910–1982), German farmer and politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
- Heinrich Christian Sander (1853–1934), German lawyer and politician
- Hela Sander (1879–1952), German writer
- Helge Sander (* 1950), Danish politician
- Helke Sander (* 1937), German filmmaker
- Helmut Sander (1920–1988), German politician
- Herbert Sander (1938–2018), German painter and graphic artist
- Hergen Sander (* 1943), German lawyer and university professor
- Hermann Sander (sculptor) , German sculptor
- Hermann Sander (writer) (1840–1919), Austrian writer and historian
- Hermann Sander (politician) (1845–1939), German manufacturer and local politician
I.
- Ian Sander (1947-2016), American television producer
- Ingrid Sander (* 1931), German director
- Immanuel Friedrich Emil Sander (1797-1859), German clergyman and theologian
J
- Jean-Marie Sander (* 1949), French banker
- Jens Sander , German American football player
- Jil Sander (* 1943), German fashion designer
- Johann Daniel Sander (1759–1825), German publisher and composer
- Johann Heinrich Sander (1810–1865), German painter and lithographer
- Johannes Sander (notary) (1455–1544), German lawyer, notary at the Roman Rota
- Johannes Sander , real name of Hanns Sander (1888–1968), German builder and politician (NSDAP)
- Johannes Sander (medic) (* 1936), German medic
- Jörg Sander (* 1967), German guitarist and composer
- Josef Sander (1927–2014), German religious and missionary
- Julius Sander (1838–1897), German manor owner and politician
- Jutta Sander (* 1959), Austrian politician (Greens)
K
- Karin Sander (politician) (1939-2010), German politician (CDU)
- Karin Sander (artist) (* 1957), German artist
- Karl Sander (architect) (* before 1950), German architect
- Karl Sander (trainer) (* 1951), Austrian runner and athletics trainer
- Karl-Heinz Sander (choir director) (1917–1987), German choir director
- Karl-Heinz Sander (pedagogue) (* 1937), German school pedagogue and specialist book author
- Katya Sander (* 1970), Danish artist and university lecturer
- Kersten Sander (* 1968), German politician (CDU)
- Klaus Sander (1929–2015), German developmental biologist
- Klemens Sander (* before 1980), Austrian singer (baritone)
L.
- Levin Sander († 1641), German freereuter, see Levin Zanner
- Ludwig Sander (1790–1877), German machine manufacturer
M.
- Manon Sander (* 1970), German author
- Maria Sander (1924–1999), German athlete
- Mart Sander (* 1967), Estonian actor and singer
- Martin Sander (paleontologist) (* 1960), German paleontologist
- Martin Sander (organist) (* 1963), German organist
- Martin Sander (journalist) (* 1972), German journalist
- Max Sander (1853–1924), German teacher, local researcher and museum co-founder
- Meta Sander (1906–1996), German gynecologist and obstetrician
N
- Nelly Sander , Dutch pop singer
- Nicholas Sander (1530–1581), English theologian
- Nicolaus Sander (1750–1824), German clergyman
- Nikolaus Sander (* 1943), German politician (SPD), MdA Berlin
O
- Ole Sander (* 1967), German music producer
- Oskar Sander (1885–1944), German worker sportsman
- Otto Sander (1941–2013), German actor
P
- Paul Sander (1866-1919), German historian and university professor
- Peggy Sander (* 1969), German voice actress
- Peter Sander , a pseudonym of Bengt Janus (1921–1988), Danish author
- Peter Sander (computer scientist) (* 1962), German computer scientist and author
- Petra Sander , maiden name of Petra Maak (* 1964), German athlete
- Petra Sander (* 1975), German radio journalist
- Petrik Sander (* 1960), German soccer player and coach
- Philipp Sander (politician) (1806–1874), German clergyman and politician
- Philipp Sander (soccer player) (* 1998), German soccer player
R.
- Rainer Sander (* 1943), German jazz musician and doctor
- Ralf Sander (* 1963), German artist
- Ralph Sander (* 1963), German non-fiction author and writer
- Rein Sander (* 1945), Estonian poet and botanist
- Rolf Sander , pseudonym of Hans Anders (actor) (1895–1975), German actor
- Rolf Sander (lawyer) (1911–2009), German lawyer and judge
- Rüdiger Sander (1941–2012), German actor
- Rudolf Sander (1866–1942), German instrument maker
S.
- Sabine Sander (medical historian) (* before 1966), German medical historian
- Sabine Sander (cultural scientist) (* 1976), German cultural scientist and university professor
- Sophie Sander (1768–1828), German salonière
T
- Theodor Sander (1858–1935), German painter
- Thomas Sander (* 1960), German sculptor and installation artist
- Tim Sander (* 1978), German actor
U
- Ulrich Sander (1892–1972), German writer and painter
- Ulrich Sander (journalist) (* 1941), German journalist and author
- Ute Sander (* 1967), German actress
- Uwe Sander (educator) (* 1955), German (media) educator and university lecturer
- Uwe Sander (pool player) , German pool player and trainer
V
- Volker Sander (computer scientist) (* 1965), German computer scientist and university professor
- Volker Sander (* 1971), German lawyer and judge
W.
- Werner Sander (1902–1972), German chasan and choirmaster
- Wilhelm Sander (medic, 1796) (1796–1842), German medic
- Wilhelm Sander (physician, 1838) (1838–1922), German psychiatrist
- Wilhelm Sander (architect) (1860–1930), German architect
- Wilhelm Sander (SA member) (1895–1934), German SA leader
- Wilhelm Sander (politician) (1895–1978), German politician (SPD)
- Wilhelm Sander (founder) (1897–1973), German manufacturer and founder, see Wilhelm Sander Foundation
- Willy Sander (1878–1969), German chemist and entrepreneur
- Wolfgang Sander (educational scientist, 1944) (* 1944), German social scientist and educational scientist and university professor (Münster)
- Wolfgang Sander (educational scientist, 1953) (* 1953), German social scientist and educational scientist and university lecturer (Giessen)
- Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann (* 1947), German engineer
- Wolfram Sander (* 1954), German chemist
First name
- Sander Boschker (* 1970), Dutch football goalkeeper
- Sander van Doorn (* 1979), Dutch DJ
- Sander Drobela (1931-2010), German journalist
- Sander Vossan Eriksen (* 2000), Norwegian ski jumper
- Sander L. Gilman (* 1944), American Germanist and historian
- Sander Groen (* 1968), Dutch tennis player
- Sander Kleinenberg (* 1971), Dutch DJ and music producer
- Sander Mallien (* 1958), Swiss canton politician
- Sander Sagosen (* 1995), Norwegian handball player
- Sander Svendsen (* 1997), Norwegian football player
- Sander Thoenes (1968–1999), Dutch journalist
- Sander Westerveld (* 1974), Dutch football player
literature
- Adolf Bach : German naming . 5 vols. (The German personal names I-II, the German place names I-III) , Heidelberg 1952–1956
- Hans Bahlow : German name dictionary . Munich 1980
- Hans Bahlow: Silesian name book . Kitzingen / Main, 1953
- Josef Karlmann Brechenmacher : Etymological dictionary of German family names . Limburg a. d. Lahn 1957
- Max Gottschald : German onomatology . de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-018032-9
- Albert Heintze , Paul Cascorbi: The German family names, historically, geographically, linguistically . 7th edition Halle / S. 1933
- Konrad Kunze : dtv-Atlas onomastics . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-03266-9
- PH Reaney: A Dictionary of British Last Names . London 1976
- Jürgen Udolph : Name studies on the German problem . de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1994, ISBN 3-11-014138-8
supporting documents
- ^ Friedrich Kluge : Etymological dictionary of the German language . 23rd, adult Ed., Unchanged. Nachdr., (Anniversary special edition), de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-016392-6 , p. 903 (Zander)