English (west country): topographic name for someone who lived
by a fen or marsh, a variant of Fenner, reflecting the voicing
of f that was characteristic of southwestern dialects of Middle
English.English: occupational name for a huntsman, from
Old French veneo(u)r (Latin venator, a derivative of
venari ‘to hunt’).Dutch and North German: topographic name
for someone living by a pit, moor, or fen, from Venn + the
suffix -er denoting an inhabitant, or a habitational name for
someone from places called Venn or Venne.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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