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Berner

in the US

There are 4,180 people with the last name "Berner" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Berner 6,404
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  1. is 6,400th most common Runge
  2. is 6,401st most common Villatoro
  3. is 6,402nd most common Gaudet
  4. is 6,403rd most common Brewington
  5. is 6,404th most common Berner
  6. is 6,405th most common Delia
  7. is 6,406th most common Ready
  8. is 6,407th most common Chartier
  9. is 6,408th most common Gilstrap

Most Common First Names for Berner

Robert, William, David, Richard, John, James, Michael, Mary, Mark, Paul

Meaning & History

English: from the Norman personal name Bernier.

English: from Old English beornan ‘to burn’, hence an occupational name for a burner of lime (compare German Kalkbrenner) or charcoal. It may also have denoted someone who baked bricks or distilled spirits, or who carried out any other manufacturing process involving burning.

English: occupational name for a keeper of hounds, from Old Norman French bern(i)er, brenier (a derivative of bren, bran ‘bran’, on which the dogs were fed).

Southern English: topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by or worked in a barn, from Middle English bern, barn ‘barn’ + the suffix -er. Compare Barnes.

German: habitational name, in Silesia denoting someone from a place called Berna (of which there are two examples); in southern Germany and Switzerland denoting someone from the Swiss city of Berne.

German: from the Germanic personal name Bernher meaning ‘lord of the army’.

North German: occupational name for a lime or charcoal burner (cognate with 2), from an agent derivative of Middle High German brennen ‘to burn’.

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Robert Berner (9 searches)
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