Updated June 9, 2019

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from a place near Jever called Sandel, or a reduced form of Alexander.
  • Swedish : ornamental name from sandel ‘sandalwood’ or ‘sandal oil’.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Sandel ‘sandalwood’ (see Sandal 3).
  • French : from a diminutive of Sand.