Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Leather worker Boy name variations Tanner Tanner - 13% this year Neutral Uncommon Find out more Tan Tan + 14% this year Neutral Rare Find out more Tanier Tanier 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Tann Tann 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Tannie Tannie 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Tanny Tanny 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings English : unexplained.Northern Irish : unexplained; it could perhaps be from Gaelic tanaidh ‘thin’.