Given name & surname · also Latin
Miner
“one who works in the mines”·“a youth”
Miner is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who works in the mines” and “a youth”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who works in the mines” and “a youth”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miner through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 274
- 274 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1955. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 258 as a first name in 2020; 20,585 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Miner’s family of names
Miner has a related form in Minor. Miner has a related form in Minar. Miner has a related form in Minir.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Miner
- Chen Min'erCommunist Party Secretary of Chongqingborn 1960
- Miner G. NortonAmerican politician (1857-1926)
- Miner Searle Batesscholar from Newark (1897–1978)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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