Wernher - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. wer-(n)her, we-rnh-er ] The boy name Wernher is pronounced W-ERN-er ^KEY. Wernher is of Germanic origin and it is predominantly used in the German language. Wernher is a variant spelling of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Werner.

Wernher is not regularly used as a baby boy name. It is ranked outside of the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Wernher include the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Werner and the English Warner.

^KEY: approx English pronunciation for Wernher: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

A famous person named Wernher is Physicist Wernher Von Braun, born 23 March 1912 - 16 June 1977.

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