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Baby Names:

Tanner

Meaning: Surname – one who treated animal skins into leather

Origin: English

Alternate spellings: Taner, Tannor, Tannir, Tanor

Tanner began as a last name and was used for someone who tanned animal skins into leather. Apparently tanning, the process, comes from the Latin word tannum for oak bark, which was used to preserve hides. See, you learn something new every day!