Dryander

Dryander is a family name. It originates as a 16th-century Humanist name, literally meaning (in Ancient Greek) "oak-man". It was used by people whose original name was Eichmann ("oak-man"), Eichholz ("oak-wood"), de Enzinas ("of the holm-oaks") etc., notable people with the surname include:

• Athaulphus Dryander (1490–1563), adopted name of Adolf Eichholz, German humanist and jurist
• Johann Dryander (Eichmann) (1500–1560), German physician and scholar
• Franciscus Dryander (1518–1552), adopted name of Francisco de Enzinas, Spanish humanist
• Jacobus Dryander (c. 1520 – 1547), adopted name of Diego de Enzinas, Spanish scholar
• Jonas Carlsson Dryander (also "Johann Dryander"), Swedish botanist (1748–1810)
• Johann Friedrich Dryander (1756–1812), German painter
• Ernst Dryander (later "von Dryander"), German theologist and politician (1843–1922)
• Gottfried von Dryander (1876–1951), German jurist and politician

Dryander is also

• a literary character in the novel Dichter und ihre Gesellen from German author Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788–1857)