TANNER  

Gender: M
Origin: English occupational name
Meaning: "leather tanner"

Popularity in 2008: #161

One of the hot two-syllable T names of the nineties (along with Tyler, Trevor, and Taylor), and well represented on soap operas; Tanner is still widely used, but its popularity is declining.

Nicknames & Variations:
Taner, Tanny, Tannir, Tanar, Tannon, Tannor, Tann, Tannar, Tanery, Tannen, Tannis, Tany, Tan

Tanner is being discussed in our message boards:

• why is it so hard!?!?!
• Searching for the perfect BOY name
• siblings for Austin, Sophia, and Brett
• Intitals Baby Name Game!!
• New: Movie Title Family Name Game!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Tanner:

• NAMES THAT WORK: Trendy trade names
• NEW SURNAME NAMES FOR BOYS
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEROINE NAMES