Gerner

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Usage

Danish
Norwegian
Swedish

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Origin and Meaning

Transferred use of the German surname Gerner :

1) Variant form of the German occupational surname Garner, deriving from Middle High German garn = 'yarn, thread, net' for a yarn producer or trader, or for a fisherman fishing with a net or a net sewer

2) From a place named Gern in Bavaria, Austria or Switzerland

3) From a place name im Gern deriving from Middle High German gēr[e]) = 'wedge-shaped strip of ground'

4) Nick name deriving from Middle High German gernēre = 'craving one, beggar'

Related Names

Gerner

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Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Gerner
Genitive:	Gerners

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Gerner
Genitive:	Gerners

- Swedish
Nominative:	Gerner
Genitive:	Gerners

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: 1871 (Spind, Vest-Agder)
• Denmark: 20th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark:
  • 1920-1939
• Sweden:
  • 1920-1939
  • 1950-1959
  • 1970-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Sjælland
  • Lolland-Falster
• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige
  • Nordsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 21 people were named Gerner (percentage of first or only given name: 29 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Denmark		234	n.a.	0	n.a.	234	n.a.
Sweden		2	29	0	2	2	27
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	1	0	0	n.a.	1
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Gerner.