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First name origin & meaning:

Greek: Defender of man

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. German: variant spelling of Sander.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Sander, Zander ‘pike perch’.
  3. South German: occupational name for a barber-surgeon who also pulled teeth, an agent derivative from Middle High German zan(t) ‘tooth’.