Meaning and Origin
What does the name Turner mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Texas, U.S. says the name Turner means "Gift of god".
- One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe.
- [Zoöl] A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
Etymology: G
- Cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
- One of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
- A lathe operator
- A tumbler who is a member of a turnverein
- United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
- English landscape painter whose treatment of light and color influenced the French impressionists (1775-1851)
- United States endocrinologist (1892-1970)
- United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831)
From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.
- An English and Scottish surname.
Turner was also found in the following language(s): Alemannic German and German