RENNER Origin of surname
RENNER
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade). The Yiddish surname Renner is based on the German Renner, which means "runner/messenger". Another German Jewish surname with the same meaning is Laufer. Renner is documented as a Jewish family name with Simon Samuel Renner of Hamburg, Germany, who visited the Leipzig fair in 1740. In the 20th century Renner is recorded as a Jewish surname with the German soldier Richard Renner of Hamburg, who died in World War I.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade). The Yiddish surname Renner is based on the German Renner, which means "runner/messenger". Another German Jewish surname with the same meaning is Laufer. Renner is documented as a Jewish family name with Simon Samuel Renner of Hamburg, Germany, who visited the Leipzig fair in 1740. In the 20th century Renner is recorded as a Jewish surname with the German soldier Richard Renner of Hamburg, who died in World War I.