Boy · Old English
Tanner
Say it: TAN-er
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for someone who tanned hides, Old English tannere.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A surname adopted as a boys' name, popular in the US in the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 96,117 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1997, about 1 in 403 boys
- 1,012 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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