Hanover Family History
Hanover Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Hannover: habitational name from the city of Hannover in Lower Saxony. The placename first recorded in the form Honovere is a compound of Middle Low German hō hōch ‘high’ + ōver ‘bank shore’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hannover (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022