Turner (surname)
Turner is a common surname originating from Normandy, France, arriving in England after the Norman conquest with the earliest known records dated in the 12th century. It is the 28th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
 A woman working a modern lathe | |
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Middle English |
| Derivation | "one who works a lathe" |
| Region of origin | France, England |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Turnor, Thurner, Tourner, Tournor |
| [1] | |
Most often it derives from an occupational name applied to a maker of small objects out of wood, metal or bone, by turning on a lathe (from Old French tornier, "lathe", ultimately from Latin).[3] In this sense it is analogous to the German surnames Drexel, Drechsler, and Dreyer, Polish Tokarz, Finnish Sorvari and related to English surnames such as Potter and Crocker.[4][5] Other occasional origins include Old French tournoieur, referring to someone either in charge of, or who participates in a tournament, and Turnhare, referring to a fast runner (one who can outrun a hare).[6]
Early recordings of this surname include Ralph le Turner in the late 12th century. The earliest recorded spelling of this family name dates from 1180 for "Warner le Turnur".[1]
List of people with surname Turner
- Captain Turner (disambiguation), various people
Common combinations of given name and surname "Turner"
These links lead to disambiguation pages
- Alan Turner
- Alfred Turner
- Alex Turner
- Andrew Turner
- Ann Turner
- Anna Turner
- Anne Turner
- Benjamin Turner
- Brad Turner
- Brian Turner
- Charles Turner
- Chris Turner
- Dan Turner
- Daniel Turner
- David Turner
- Edward Turner
- Fred Turner
- George Turner
- Henry Turner
- Hugh Turner
- Jack Turner
- James Turner
- Jay Turner
- Jim Turner
- Jimmy Turner
- Joe Turner
- Joel Turner
- John Turner
- Lynn Turner
- Mark Turner
- Matt Turner
- Michael Turner
- Neil Turner
- Pat Turner
- Paul Turner
- Philip Turner
- Richard Turner
- Robert Turner
- Roger Turner
- Ron Turner
- Steve Turner
- Stuart Turner
- Thomas Turner
- William Turner
Less common first names
- Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (born 1955), British businessman and academic
- Afida Turner (born 1976), French media personality and singer
- Aidan Turner (born 1983), Irish actor
- Augustus J. Turner (1818–1905), American musician
- Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner (1859–1915), American physician, writer
- Anthea Turner (born 1960), UK TV presenter
- Arlin Turner (1909–1980), American biographer and scholar of American literature
- Bake Turner, American football player who played wide receiver
- Big Joe Turner (1911–1985), American blues singer
- Billie Lee Turner II, American geographer
- Bolon B. Turner (1897–1987), United States Tax Court judge
- Bonnie and Terry Turner, husband and wife sitcom writing team
- Bree Turner (born 1977), American actress
- Brock Turner, rapist
- Bulldog Turner (1919–1998), American football player
- Carmen E. Turner (1931-1992), American public administrator
- Chester Novell Turner, African-American filmmaker
- Charlotte Turner, top auditor in London
- Clarence W. Turner (1866–1939), American politician
- Clorinda Matto de Turner (1853–1909), Peruvian writer
- Curtis Turner (1924–1970), NASCAR driver
- Dawson Turner (1775–1858), English banker and botanist
- Debbie Turner (born 1956), American actress and former child star
- Debbye Turner (born 1965), American TV anchor, veterinarian, talk show host and former beauty queen
- Decherd Turner (1922–2002), American institutional book collector
- De'Lance Turner (born 1995), American football player
- Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston (1942–2014), British Member of Parliament
- Derek Turner, English rugby league footballer
- Des Turner (born 1939), British politician
- Douglas H. Turner, American chemist and professor
- Dwayne Turner, British comic book artist
- Edward Turner, British motorcycle and engine designer of Triumph Motorcycles
- Erik Turner (born 1964), guitarist for the American band Warrant
- Ernest Sackville Turner (1909–2006), English journalist and author
- Eugene S. Turner (1824–1915), American politician
- Evan Turner (born 1988), American basketball player
- Florence Turner (1885–1946), American actress
- Frank Turner (born 1981), British musician
- Frederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), American historian
- Garth Turner (born 1949), Canadian business journalist, broadcaster and politician
- Geills Turner (born 1937), wife of John Turner, a prime minister of Canada
- George Townsend Turner (1906–1979), philatelist of Washington, D.C.
- Glenn Turner (cricketer) (born 1947), New Zealand cricketer
- Grant Turner (born 1958), New Zealand soccer player
- Guinevere Turner (born 1968), American actor and writer
- Hal Turner, internet radio talk show host
- Harald Turner (1891–1947), German Nazi SS commander executed for war crimes
- Harvey G. Turner (1822–1893), American politician
- Hayden Turner (born 1966), Australian television presenter and zookeeper
- Helen Alma Newton Turner (1908–1995), Australian geneticist and statistician
- Helen Monro Turner (1901–1977), Scottish artist
- Howard Turner (1897–1976), American football player
- Hugh Thackeray Turner (1853–1937), English architect
- Ike Turner (1931–2007), American musician
- J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), English painter
- Jamie Turner (born 1972), American automobile dealer
- Jane Turner (born 1967), Australian actor and comedian
- Janine Turner (born 1962), American actor
- Jean Turner (born 1939), member of the Scottish Parliament
- Jermaine Turner (born 1974), American professional basketball player
- Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer.
- Jimmie Turner (born 1962), American football player
- Joe Lynn Turner (born 1951), American musician
- Joe M. Turner (born 1969), American magician, mentalist and speaker
- Jonathan Baldwin Turner (1805–1899), abolitionist and educational leader
- Jonathan D. C. Turner (born 1958), English barrister
- Josh Turner (born 1977), Musician
- Julian Turner (born 1955), British poet and mental health worker
- Kathleen Turner (born 1954), American actor
- Keena Turner (born 1958), American football player
- Kenneth Turner (1928–), Australian political historian
- B. Kevin Turner (born 1965), business executive
- Kyle Turner (born 1992), Australian rugby league football player
- Lacey Turner (born 1988), English actor
- Lana Turner (1921–1995), American actor
- Landon Turner (born 1993), American football player
- Landon Turner (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player
- Lesley Turner Bowrey (born 1942), Australian tennis player
- Lynn Turner (murderer) (born 1968)
- Malik Turner (born 1996), American football player
- Margery J. Turner, American dancer and author
- Mauree Turner, American politician
- Nat Turner (1800–1831), leader of a slave rebellion
- Natalie Turner, Canadian animator
- Norv Turner (born 1952), American football coach
- Othar Turner (1907–2003), American fife player and blues musician
- Pamela Rogers Turner (born 1977), American teacher convicted as a sex offender
- Percy Turner, English footballer
- Ralph Lilley Turner (1888–1983), English Indian languages philologist and linguist
- Randy Turner (1949–2005), American artist and singer for the band Big Boys
- Rahshon Turner (born 1975), American basketball player
- Richmond K. Turner (1885–1961), American naval officer in World War II
- Rodney Turner (born 1953), British/New Zealand organizational theorist
- Roy J. Turner (1894–1973), American politician
- Scott Turner (born 1982), American football coach
- Sharon Turner (1768–1847), English historian
- Sheadrick Turner (1869–1927), American lawyer and politician
- Sherri Turner (born 1956), American LPGA golfer
- Shirley Turner, American politician
- Shirley Turner (1961–2003), perpetrator of the murder of Zachary Turner and his father
- Sophie Turner, a British actress
- Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, Texas
- Stansfield Turner (1923–2018), director of the U.S. CIA
- Stuart Turner, British pump designer
- Sukhi Turner (born 1952), New Zealand politician, born in India
- Ted Turner (born 1938), American media mogul
- T. J. Turner (end), American football player
- T. J. Turner (linebacker), American football player
- Tina Turner (born 1939), American singer
- Victor Turner (1920–1983), Scottish anthropologist
- Walter J. Turner (1884–1947), Australian poet
- Yaakov Turner (born 1935), mayor of Beersheba and a brigadier general in the Israeli Air Force
- Zachary Turner (2002–2003), baby drowned by his mother in Canadian murder/suicide
- Zeke Turner (born 1996), American football player
Fictional characters
- Alan Turner (Emmerdale), played by Richard Thorp on Emmerdale
- Cole Turner, character in Charmed played by Julian McMahon
- Darnell Turner, character played by Eddie Steeples in My Name Is Earl
- Dave Turner, character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Heidi Turner, minor character in South Park animated TV series
- Naomi Turner from Elena of Avalor
- Owen Turner, character in EastEnders
- Terence Turner, son of Alan Turner in Emmerdale, played by Stephen Marchant and then Nick Brimble
- Timmy Turner, character on the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Fairly OddParents
- Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Timmy's parents
- Vernon Turner, character in the Fox television series Empire, played by Malik Yoba
- Violet Turner, a character in Private Practice
- Will Turner, fictional character, and one of the protagonists, in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
- Bootstrap Bill Turner, Will's twice cursed pirate father
- Henry Turner, Will Turner's and Elizabeth Swann's son
See also
- Justice Turner (disambiguation)
- Turner (potters), John, and his sons John and William, a family active in that trade in England 1756–1829
- C. Turner Joy (1895–1956), U.S. Navy Admiral in World War II and the Korean War
References
- "Last name: Turner". SurnameDB: The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- Percy Hide Reaney; Richard Middlewood Wilson (1991). "Turner, Turnor". A Dictionary of English Surnames (Third ed.). London & New York: Routledge. p. 3188. ISBN 9780415057370. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- Powell, Kimberly. "Turner – Name Meaning and Origin". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- Elsdon Coles Smith (1986). American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-8063-1150-0.
- Patrick Hanks (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
- William Alexander Francis Browne; Percy Hide Reaney; Richard Middlewood Wilson (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Psychology Press. p. 3188. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0.
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