Webber (surname)

Webber is an occupational surname referring to, "a maker of cloth".{{cite book|author1=Samuel Johnson|editor1-last=Todd|editor1-first=Henry John|title=A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals; and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers: Together with a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Volume 4|date=1818|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zsI_AQAAMAAJ}} The ending "er" generally denotes some employment, examples include Miller and Salter. The ending "er" is the masculine form whilst "ster", as in Webster, is the feminine form.{{cite book|author1=William Chauncey Fowler|author-link=William Chauncey Fowler|title=English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a History of Its Origin and Development ; Designed for Use in Colleges and Schools|date=1850|publisher=Harper & Brothers, Publishers|page=424}}{{cite book|author1=Mark Antony Lower|title=English Surnames: Essays on Family Nomenclature, historical etymological and humorous|date=1844|publisher=John Russell Smith|page=95}}{{cite book|author1=Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley|title=English Surnames: Their Sources and Significations|url=https://archive.org/details/englishsurnamest00bard|date=1915|publisher=Chatto and Windus|page=[https://archive.org/details/englishsurnamest00bard/page/321 321]|edition=4th}}{{cite book|title=The Ladies' Repository, Volume 36|date=1876|publisher=L. Swormstedt and J.H. Power|page=276}}

Variants of the name include Weaver, Webbe, Webster and Weber, the German form of the name.{{cite book|author1=Mark Antony Lower|title=English Surnames: Essays on Family Nomenclature, historical etymological and humorous|date=1844|publisher=John Russell Smith|page=92}}{{cite book|author1=University of the State of New York|title=Annual Report of the Regents, Volume 94|date=1881|page=623}}

• Anna Webber (born 1984), Canadian saxophonist, flutist, and composer
• A. R. F. Webber (1880–1932), Trinidadian writer
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), British composer
• Bonnie Webber (born 1946), computational linguist
• Chris Webber (born 1973), American basketball player
• Charles Wilkins Webber (1819–1856), American journalist and explorer
• Danny Webber (born 1981), English footballer
• Darren Webber (born 1981), Australian politician
• David Webber (basketball) (born 1980), American basketball player
• Diane Webber (1932–2008), American model and actress
• Elizabeth Webber, fictional character in TV series General Hospital
• George W. Webber (politician) (1825–1900), U.S. Representative
• Gordon Webber (disambiguation), several people
• Herbert John Webber (1865–1946), American plant physiologist
• John Webber (1752–1793), Swiss-English painter
• Jules C. Webber (1838–1872), American Civil War brevet brigadier general
• Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster
• Margareta Webber (1891–1983), Australian bookseller
• Mark Webber (disambiguation), several people
• Michael Webber (engineer) (born 1971), American mechanical engineer
• Michael Webber (priest), Dean of Hobart
• Michael Webber (politician) (born 1978), American politician
• Melvin M. Webber (1920–2006), American urban designer and theorist
• Pamela Balash-Webber (1953–2020), American diving instructor
• Peter Webber, British film director
• Rob Webber, English rugby union player
• Robert Webber, American actor
• Robert E. Webber, American theologian
• Ruth Webber, Australian politician
• Samuel Webber (1759–1810), American clergyman, mathematician and academic
• Sharon Webber, American surfer
• Sian Webber, British actress
• Stacey Lee Webber (born 1982), American metalsmith
• Stephen Webber (born 1983), American politician
• Steve Webber, American baseball coach
• Teresa Webber, British palaeographer, medievalist, and academic
• Walter Webber, Western Cherokee leader and trader, founder of present-day Webbers Falls, Oklahoma
• William B. Webber (1836–1916), American lawyer and politician
• William John Seward Webber (1842–1919), British sculptor

• Lloyd Webber, a surname
• Paine Webber, an American company
• Weber (surname)

{{Reflist}}

{{Weaver-surname}}

{{surname|Webber}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Webber}}

Category:English-language surnames

Category:Occupational surnames

Category:English-language occupational surnames