Dancer Family History
Dancer Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dancer or acrobat from Middle English dancer dauncer ‘dancer especially a professional public dancer’ from an agent derivative of Middle English dancen dauncen ‘to dance’ (compare Dance ). Altered form of Dutch Danser or German Danzer cognates of English Dancer (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022