Gander

• As an English surname, from the noun gander.
• Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”).
• As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg.
• Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”).
• As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”).

The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: Gan‧der
• Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

Gander

1. A surname.
2. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gander”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.

• Garden, danger, garden, grande, graned, nadger, ranged