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Definition: 1) Keeper of the grainery. From the Old French "gerner or gernier," meaning storehouse for corn. 2) A variation of the French surname Varner and German surnames Warner and Werner, from the Germanic elements"warin" meaning guard and "heri" meaning army.

Surname Origin: French

Alternate Surname Spellings: GARNER, GARNAR, GERNER, GARNEAU, GUERNIER

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FamilySearch - GARNIER Genealogy
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GARNIER Surname & Family Mailing List
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References: Surname Meanings & Origins

Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967.

Dorward, David. Scottish Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998.

Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003.

Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1997.

Smith, Elsdon C. American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.

 

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