Name meaning & stats
Taner
Taner means “leather tanner”. 579 US babies since 1940, peak 1994. Notable Taners are 1.7× over-represented as footballers.
What it means
“leather tanner”
Spelling of Tanner
Tanner around the world
- تانر · Arabic
- タナー · Japanese
- 泰纳 · Chinese
Famous Tanners
- Tanner Buchanan · American actor
In US birth records
Peak year: 1994
579 US babies were named Taner between 1940 and 2025.
Taner around the world
- France: 180 babies since 1900, peak 1981
- England & Wales: 56 babies since 1996, peak 2021
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Taners end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer | 1.7× | Medium · 14 people |
| Actor | 1.5× | Low · 7 people |
| Professor | 1.1× | Low · 4 people |
| Politician | 0.7× | Low · 3 people |
Among notable men who are footballers, Taners show up 1.7× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 175 Tanners spell it Taner
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1994)