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- English: ethnic name from Middle English Fla (u)ndres ‘Flanders’, denoting someone from Flanders, a historical region covering parts of modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
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The surname Flanders was first found in Warwickshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed.
The name originally applied to the ancien régime territory called the County of Flanders, that existed from the 8th century (Latin Flandria) until its absorption by the French First Republic. Until the 1600s, this county also extended over parts of what are now France and the Netherlands.
The history of Flanders concerns not only the modern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, which is now called "Flanders" (Dutch: Vlaanderen), but also several neighbouring territories and populations. Its historical core territory was in western Belgium between the coast and the Scheldt river.
The name Flanders has its origins in England and can be traced back to the Old English word flot, which means filled with water. This name is a reference to the historically water-rich region known as Flanders, which encompasses parts of present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
The earliest known use of the noun Flanders is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for Flanders is from around 1300, in the writing of Layamon, poet.
Sep 27, 2024 · Flanders, medieval principality in the southwest of the Low Countries, now included in the French département of Nord (q.v.), the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders (qq.v.), and the Dutch province of Zeeland (q.v.). The name appeared as early as the 8th century and is believed to.
The Flanders family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Flanders families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 182 Flanders families living in London.
