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Tanner - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Tanner

[ 2 syll. tan-ner, ta-nn-er ] The girl name Tanner is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced TAENer KEY. Tanner is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. The meaning of Tanner is 'tanner'. Derived from the word tannian which is of the meaning 'to tan'. It represents the transferred use of the job title and the surname as a given name. See Tanner for more info.

Tanner is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Tanner has in the last century been primarily given to boys.

Baby names that sound like Tanner include the English, Hebrew, and Turkish Tamar, the English Tamer, the English Tammra, the English Tamor, the English Tamour, the English Tamra, the English Tamrah, the Hebrew Thamar, the English, German, Hungarian, and Russian Tamara, the English Tamarah, the English Tamarra, the Polish Tamary, the English Tamera, the English Tamira, the English Tamirra, the English Tammara, the English Tammera, the English Tammerah, the English Tamora, and the English Tamura.

KEY: Pronunciation for Tanner: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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