Last name: LANIER
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LANIER : This last name is indexed 137,108 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
LANIER : 1: French: occupational name for someone involved in the wool trade from Old French lanier deriving from la(i)ne ‘wool’. This surname is also found in England but is very rare. Compare Lenear.2: Altered form of French Lasnier ‘the donkey driver the donkey keeper’.
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