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  1. #Sandler (also #Sandlar) /ˈsændlɚ (English)/ = Jewish #surname, borrowed into English from Yiddish and Hebrew, with 2 etymologies: 1. borrowed into Hebrew from Latin SANDLARIUS (= sandal/shoe-maker), maintains that meaning in Hebrew, and has other variants e.g. #Sandel and #Sandelmann. 2. borrowed into Hebrew from a diminutuve of the Greek #given #name Alexander (= helper of men); Jews have used Greek names since at least the destruction of the Second Temple 2000+ years ago.

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