Origin and popularity of the name SANDS
Origin
Sands : English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English sandes ‘sands’ for someone who lived at or near a sandy place or a habitational name from a place so named such as Sands in Carlisle (Cumberland) or Sands Cottages in West Hoathly (Sussex). See Sand of which Sands may sometimes be a plural form or a variant with excrescent -s. Compare also Sandes and Sandys.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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