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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Possibly an altered spelling of English Fanner :
  • occupational name for a winnower, from a derivative of Old English fannian ‘to winnow’, or alternatively for a maker of winnowing baskets, from Old English fann ‘fan’, ‘winnowing basket’.
  • topographic name for a fen or marsh dweller, from a derivative of Middle English fann ‘fen’.

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