Boy · Old French, through English
Chandler
Say it: CHAND-ler
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a candle maker or seller, from Old French chandelier.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname name used for American boys, peaking in the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 43,396 babies given this name since 1900
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 802 boys
- 744 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Raymond Chandler, American novelist (surname)
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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