Etymology

Shands

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

German Schantz
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The story

  1. German · derived fromSchantz
  2. English todayShands

Two possible origins: * Variant of Scottish Shand, with the English patronymic suffix -s. * Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Schantz.

Words from the same roots

GermanSchantz all →

SchantzShontz

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.