Wanner Family History
Wanner Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: occupational name for a winnower someone who used a winnowing basket or fan to separate grain from chaff (see Wannemacher ). German: topographic name for someone who lived in a basket-shaped valley or on a basket-shaped knoll (see Wann ) the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. German: habitational name for someone from Wanne in North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg or from Wanna in Lower Saxony.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022