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 [ 2 syll. tan-ner, ta-nn-er ] The boy name Tanner is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is TAENer KEY. Tanner is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Old English. The name's meaning is tanner. From the element 'tannian' which means to tan. The name is derived from the surname, itself originally a job title for one who tans hides. Tan (Vietnamese and English), Tann (English), Tanney (English), Tannie (English), and Tanny (English) are variants of Tanner. Tanner is a popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1997, 0.234% of baby boys were given the name Tanner. It ranked at #82 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.112% and its ranking #161, but it was nonetheless the most widely used within all boy names in its group. In the past century Tanner has mostly been a boy name. Baby names that sound like Tanner include Tamar (English), Tamir (Arabic), Thietmar (German), Timur (Hungarian, Russian, and Turkish), Tihomir (Russian and Slavic), and Teodomiro (Spanish). 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)"   |
