Warner

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Warner

Say it: WAR-ner

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Meaning

From Germanic warin 'guard' and heri 'army'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Introduced by the Normans.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1880s

In the United States

010203018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1899per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 7,963 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1884, about 1 in 5,200 boys
  • 114 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

EnglishFrench

The family of the name

Other spellings: Garnier

GermanWerner
FrenchGarnier

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Where this comes from

  • The Domesday Book (1086) source
  • Medieval European charters and records
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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