Given name & surname
Taner
“one who tans hides”·“one who makes leather”
Taner is a variant of Tanner. Interpretations include “one who tans hides” (English) and “one who makes leather” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Taner is a variant of Tanner. Interpretations include “one who tans hides” (English) and “one who makes leather” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Taner is a variant of Tanner. An origin associated with Tanner is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Built from Turkish tan (“dawn”) + er (“soldier, male”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taner through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 579
- 579 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −76%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 35 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 730 as a first name in 2020; 196 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Taner
- Taner AkçamTurkish-German historian (born 1953)
- Taner SağırTurkish weightlifter (born 1985)
- Taner ÖlmezTurkish actor and musician (born 1986)
- Taner YalçınTurkish-German association football player (born 1990)
- Taner YıldızTurkish statesperson (born 1962)
- Taner BirselTurkish actor (born 1959)
- Taner SavutTurkish association football player (1974–2023)
- Taner YıldızTurkish association football player (born 1992)
- Taner KılıçTurkish civil rights activist and lawyerborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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