Lansing is a
Dutchpatronymic surname from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo).[1][2] The "-ing" or "-ink" suffix originally was patronymic, but later also became indicative of a place.[3]Lansing is now a rare name in the Netherlands (Lansink is the more common form),[4] but there are many descendants in the United States of Gerrit Gerritse Lansing (ca.1615–bef.1654), a baker in
Hasselt, Overijssel, whose widow and children migrated to
New Netherland in 1654. At a later time there the surname became used as a middle name and given name. Notable people with the name include:
^Lans at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
^-ink at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
^Lansing and
Lansink at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
Surname list
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surnameLansing. If an
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Lansing is a
Dutchpatronymic surname from the personal name Lans (Germanic Lanzo).[1][2] The "-ing" or "-ink" suffix originally was patronymic, but later also became indicative of a place.[3]Lansing is now a rare name in the Netherlands (Lansink is the more common form),[4] but there are many descendants in the United States of Gerrit Gerritse Lansing (ca.1615–bef.1654), a baker in
Hasselt, Overijssel, whose widow and children migrated to
New Netherland in 1654. At a later time there the surname became used as a middle name and given name. Notable people with the name include:
^Lans at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
^-ink at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
^Lansing and
Lansink at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameLansing. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.