Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. VEHRN-hu(German)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Variant of Werner. A famous bearer was the German-American rocket engineer Wernher von Braun (1912-1977).

Related Names

VariantsWerner(German) Warinheri(Germanic)
DiminutiveWetzel(German)
Other Languages & CulturesVerner(Danish) Werner, Wessel(Dutch) Wessel(Frisian) Irnerius(History) Garnier(Medieval French) Verner(Swedish)

Sources & References

  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1544.
Entry added December 7, 2022