Verner (name)

For other uses, see Verner.

Verner is a Scandinavian name of Germanic origins from the given name Werner . ^[1] Verner is common both as a given name and a surname. It means "protector". People with the name Verner include:

Given name

Verner

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Region of origin	Scandinavia
Other names
Related names	Werner, Wernher

• Verner Clapp
• Verner Clarges
• Ove Verner Hansen
• Verner von Heidenstam
• Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr.
• Verner Järvinen
• Verner Lehtimäki
• Verner Lindberg (1852–1909), Finnish politician
• Verner Main
• Elmer Verner McCollum
• Percy Verner Noble
• Verner Panton
• Verner E. Suomi
• Verner Weckman
• Gerald Verner White

Surname

Verner

Origin
Region of origin	Germanic
Other names
Variant form(s)	Vernersen

• 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

• Werner
• Wernher

References

1. "View Name: Verner". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2007-12-18.