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gunner Name Meaning and History

  1. English: from the Old Norse female personal name Gunvor, composed of the elements gunn ‘battle’ + vor, the feminine form of varr ‘defender’, or possibly from the Old Norse male personal name Gunnarr.
  2. English: occupational name for an operator of heavy artillery (see Gunn).
  3. Americanized spelling of German Gönner, a habitational name for someone from any of numerous places named Gönne.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of gunner Families in the US in 1920
Number of gunner families
 13-23
 5-12
 1-4
 0
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