Norlander

English

Etymology 1

From Norland +‎ -er.

Noun

Norlander (plural Norlanders)

1. A northerner; a person from the north country.
2. A nanny or childcare specialist educated at Norland College, England (founded 1892).
   • 2023 April 29, Lou Stoppard, “Inside the world of the elite nanny”, in FT Weekend:

     The struggle for Norlanders is to be such a modern nanny while still encapsulating the ethos of the institution that, as the uniform alone attests, is undeniably retro.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish Norlander.

Proper noun

Norlander (plural Norlanders)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Norlander is the 40144^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 546 individuals. Norlander is most common among White (94.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Norlander”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 678.