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Chandler is a middle name, or surname used in various English speaking regions, mainly in England. The name ''Chandler'' is early medieval English origin and can be traced back to pre-1100AD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.houseofnames.com/Chander-history )〕 The derivation of the surname ''Chandler'' is from the middle English ''Cha(u)ndeler'', the old French'' Chandelier'', Late Latin'' Candelarius'', a derivative of word ''candela'' a candle, from ''candere'' to be bright, with the agent suffix "-er", and Sanskrit word ''candra'', which means pleasant, shining, moon.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/c/bl_name-CHANDLER.htm )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/chander )〕''Chandler'' is an occupational name given to the members of anarchic trade dealing with candles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/c/chandler.php )〕 A medieval chandler is believed to made and sold other articles beside candles. The name may also, more rarely, have denoted someone who was responsible for the lighting arrangements in a large house, or else one who owed rent in the form of wax or candles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=chandler )〕 The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be of Matthew le Candeler, which was dated 1274, in the ''Hundred Rolls of London'', during the reign of King Edward 1(1272-1307), known as ''The Hammer of the Scots''. == Overview == Most people born with the surname Chandler in modern times are descendant of peoples of England, who worked as a chandler(making and selling candles). Until about 1350, surnames were only used by the wealthy, and were usually inherited by only the eldest son, along with the family property. The poor had no need for a surname because they had no land to inherit. It was during the years 1350 to 1450 that the use of hereditary surnames became common throughout the English population. This naming, often by trade (e.g. Baker, Smith, Chandler), sometimes by location (e.g. Hill, Marsh, or the name of a town or village), occasionally by appearance (e.g. Long, Small) would have happened village by village throughout England. Consequently, most of the people acquiring the surname Chandler in this way would not have been related to each other. They would only have been occupied in the same trade.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.one-name.org/profiles/chandler.html )〕 Some people born with the Chandler surname may be the descendant of followers of William(Duke of Normandy), who ruled England from 1066 A.D to 1087 A.D. They migrated to England from Normandy around the year 1200. Most of the people with surname Chandler, descend from people who gained their surname when hereditary surnames became common in England, because they were engaged in candle-making business, around the period 1350 A.D to 1450 A.D. The 1881 Census of England (before significant immigration from Britain's colonies) shows that Chandlers were 0.0355% of the population.〔 In America there were Chandler automobiles, and in England there are Chandler guitars. USS Chandler was a US Navy destroyer, and Chandler is the name of a suite of computer programs aimed at helping groups of people to work on projects. The Chandeleur islands in the Gulf of Mexico form the easternmost point of the state of Louisiana, and La Chandeleur is a French festival, the equivalent of Candlemas in English-speaking countries.〔 The name Chandler is not limited to the planet Earth. There is a crater on the moon named Chandler.〔 The former Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William and therefore likely to be a future Queen of England, is descended from a long line of Chandlers from Painswick in Gloucestershire, England, which has been a Chandler stronghold for centuries.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chander (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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