Sands Family History
Sands Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English sandes ‘sands’ for someone who lived at or near a sandy place or a habitational name from a place so named such as Sands in Carlisle (Cumberland) or Sands Cottages in West Hoathly (Sussex). See Sand of which Sands may sometimes be a plural form or a variant with excrescent -s. Compare also Sandes and Sandys .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022