Tanner - Meaning of Tanner

What does Tanner mean?

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Tanner

[ 2 syll. tan-ner, ta-nn-er ] The baby girl name Tanner is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced TAEN-er †. Tanner is of Old English origin and it is used mainly in English. The meaning of Tanner is 'tanner'. It is 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 information.

Forms of Tanner include the names Taner, Tannar, Tannis, and Tannor.

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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 Tannar, Tadmor, Tamar, Tamarai, Tamará, Tamarr, Tamer, Tamra, Taner, Timor, Tamara, Tamarae, Tamarah, Tamaree, Tamarey, Tamari, Tamera, Tamerai, Tamira, and Temira.

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