Verner (name)
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Verner is a Scandinavian name of Germanic origins from the given name Werner.{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/verner |title=View Name: Verner |publisher=behindthename.com |accessdate=2007-12-18}} Verner is common both as a given name and a surname. It means "protector". People with the name Verner include:
Given name
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| gender = Male
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| region = Scandinavia
| origin = Germanic
| related names = Werner, Wernher
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Surname
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| variant = Vernersen
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- Alterraun Verner (b. 1988), American footballer
- Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (1883–1979), American artist, author
- Frank Verner (1883–1966), American middle and long-distance runner
- Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928), Canadian painter
- Josée Verner (b. 1959), Canadian politician
- Karl Verner (1846–1896), Danish linguist
- Linda Verner (1855–1892), British singer and actress
- Mary Verner (b. 1956), American local government politician
- Miroslav Verner (b. 1941), Czech egyptologist
- Paul Verner (1911–1986), German politician
- Samuel Phillips Verner (1873–1943), American missionary and African explorer
- Tomáš Verner (b. 1986), Czech figure skater
- Sir William Edward Hercules Verner, 3rd Baronet (1855–1886), British baronet
- William Willoughby Cole Verner (1852–1922) a British ornithologist
See also
References
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Category:Masculine given names
Category:Scandinavian masculine given names