Names

From Norman French banastre meaning “basket”. This was originally a name for a maker of baskets.

Variant of Banner.

Occupational name for a flag carrier, derived from Old French baniere meaning “banner”, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Originally indicated someone who lived near a hillside or a bank of land.

Variant of Bannister.

Means “miner” in Slovak.

Variant of Baines 1.

Variant of Bandyopadhyay.

From the name of the village of Bandoghat combined with upadhaya “instructor, priest”.

From Italian bandone meaning “sheet of iron”.