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There are approximately 4,714 people named Lavender in the UK. That makes it the 2,226th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 75 are named Lavender.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Launder
Lavander
Lafvender
Lafender
Lavandere
Laffender
Lavandier
Lavandera
Lavanders
Lavandiere
Lavandero
Lavandar
Lauvender
Lavandiers
Lavandern
Lavandiera
Lavandeira
Lavandeyra
Lavandieres
Lavanderia
Lavanderos
Lavandez

The Lavender surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

A laundress; Lavandière, French, one who washes, from the Latin, lavo, to wash.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LAVENDER. This Is one of the numerous instances occurring in our family nomenclature of a name's 'not meaning what it says.' As we have many surnames derived from the vegetable kingdom, this might well be associated with the wellknown garden herb ; but it comes from an entirely different source. The obsolete French word larandicr, awasher-wirt??, is its real parent ; and as lavanderie, wash-house, has become laundry, so has this surname become further corrupted to Launder and Lander.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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