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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
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George William Gunner G W Gunner 7
Looking for information on Morris Gunner pgbabe01 0
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Gunner family London Kensington and Clapham UK PatGauge 0
The Gunners of Hampshire and Wiltshire Lynda Pike 1
Gunner in Montréal or in Canada Josée Gunner 0
Evelyn Gunner dolphnscrying 1
Gunner family from Deal, Dover, Eastry pre-1850 IGG 1
gunners - australia ian135 0
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