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Surname Etymology and Meaning of FLANDERS

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(origin: Local) A name given to a native of Flanders, a County or Earldom of the Low Countries, or Netherlands. It took its name either from Flandrina, the wife of Liderick II., Prince of Buc, or from Flambert, the nephew of Clodion, King of France.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).