Saunder Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Saunder is a spelling of the English surname Saunders.

What does the surname Saunder mean?

The family name meaning is “Son of Sander (Alexander)”, the same as for Saunders. According to the 2010 US Census, the Saunder surname had 274 bearers.

How is Saunder related to Saunders?

Saunder drops the “s” of Saunders, a simplification that clerks often made.

Does every Saunder family have a crest?

Arms linked to Saunders and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Sander, Zander and Snider. For the full story, order the Saunder surname pack.