Vander is a modern American name that borrows the Dutch surname element van der, meaning "of the", as in Vanderbilt, and also serves as a short form of Evander, Greek for "good man". It sounds like Xander and Zander but has a surname flavor of its own. Vander was not recorded in the United States in 2000, ranked number 2717 in 2015 and has risen to number 1357 in 2025, its best rank yet.