Flanders

Used in: 3 countries

Origin: French

From Middle English Flaunders, Flaundress, flawndirs, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *flaumdrą (“waterlogged land”), from *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Flander Root name
Abadie French origin
Abair French origin
Abare French origin
Abbeville French origin
Abdy French origin
Abitbol French origin
Achee French origin
Achey French origin

Popularity by Country

Flanders

Rank #3936

Frequency 8,291 people (3.07 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 87.46% Hispanic 1.83% Black 8.39% Asian/PI 0.46% Native Am. 0.47% Two+ 1.39%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Flanders

Rank #7242

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Flanders

Rank #89748

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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