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ArchivesRe: What does my name mean?
in reply to a message by Elisabeth banister
In case you are interested in your surname:
BAN(N)ISTER:
English: metonymic occupational name for a basket weaver, from Anglo-Norman French banastre ‘basket’ (the result of a Late Latin cross between Gaulish benna and Greek kanistron). The term denoting a stair rail is unconnected with this name; it was not used before the 17th century.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
BAN(N)ISTER:
English: metonymic occupational name for a basket weaver, from Anglo-Norman French banastre ‘basket’ (the result of a Late Latin cross between Gaulish benna and Greek kanistron). The term denoting a stair rail is unconnected with this name; it was not used before the 17th century.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
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