Given name & surname
Wernher
“of the defending army”
Wernher is a variant of Warner. One German interpretation is “of the defending army.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wernher is a variant of Warner. One German interpretation is “of the defending army.”
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Where it comes from
Wernher is a variant of Warner. An origin associated with Warner is German.
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The story
Wernher is a variant of Warner. The history of Warner gives this family its wider story. Warner’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
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Wernher’s family of names
In German usage, Wernher has a related form in Werner. Wernher has a related form in Warner. In German usage, Wernher has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Вернер.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Wernher
- Wernher von BraunGerman and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
- Wernher von HombergSwiss Minnesinger1284–1320
- Wernher der Gartenaere13th-century German writer1201
- Wernher SchodelerSwiss author1490–1541
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