The danner Surname
danner Name Meaning and History
German: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a forest,
from Middle Low German dan, Middle High German tan
‘pine’, ‘forest’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant, or a
habitational name from any of various places called Thann, named with
this word, notably in Bavaria, and also in Mecklenburg and
Switzerland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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