Chandler is an English and French occupational surname that comes from the Old French chandelier and means "candle maker" or "candle seller". The character Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends, which premiered in 1994, turned the surname into one of the defining boys' names of that decade. Chandler ranked number 174 in 2000 and has been drifting down ever since the show ended, to number 753 in 2025.