Tanner

Where Tanner comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tanner.

  • 2 syllables
Tanner through the years
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1998
    Tanner Buchanan born
    American actor
  3. 1998
    Peak, #82
    4,704 babies named Tanner, the most in any year.
  4. 2001
    Tanner Tessmann born
    American soccer player
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #176.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Tanner Buchanan · American actor, born 1998
  • Tanner Tessmann · American soccer player, born 2001
  • Tanner Mayes · American pornographic actress, born 1989
  • Tanner Cohen · American actor and singer, born 1986
  • Tanner Pearson · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.