Lanier

French occupational name
"wool worker"

Lanier Origin and Meaning

The name Lanier is a boy's name of French origin meaning "wool worker".

The fashionable occupational last name category gets some French flair with this, Tennessee Williams's middle name.

Famous People Named Lanier

  • Lanier W. PhillipsU.S Navy sailor and oceanographer
  • Algernod Lanier Washington aka PliesAmerican rapper
  • Jesse Lanier Cooperson of actress Marianne Leone Cooper
  • Sidney LanierPoet

Lanier in Pop Culture

  • A French surname pronounced 'Lanyay'