Turner A woman working a modern
lathe Word/name Middle English Derivation "one who works a lathe" Region of origin France, England Variant form(s) Tuner, Turnor, Thurner, Tourner, Tournor [ 1]
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]
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] Drexel , Drechsler , Dressler , and Dreyer , Polish Tokarz , Finnish Sorvari , Russian Токарев (Tokarev Potter and Crocker .[ 4] [ 5] 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
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Less common first names
Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (born 1955), British businessman and academicAfida Turner (born 1976), French media personality and singerAidan Turner (born 1983), Irish actorAugustus J. Turner (1818–1905), American musicianAlice Bellvadore Sams Turner (1859–1915), American physician, writerAnthea Turner (born 1960), UK TV presenterArlin Turner (1909–1980), American biographer and scholar of American literatureArthur James Turner (politician) (1888–1983), Canadian politicianAsa Turner (American football) , American college football playerBake Turner , American football player who played wide receiverBertha L. Turner , American caterer, cookbook author, and community leaderBig Joe Turner (1911–1985), American blues singerBillie Lee Turner (1925–2020), American botanistBillie Lee Turner II , American geographerBolon B. Turner (1897–1987), United States Tax Court judgeBonnie and Terry Turner , husband and wife sitcom writing teamBree Turner (born 1977), American actressBrock Turner , rapistBulldog Turner (1919–1998), American football playerCarmen E. Turner (1931-1992), American public administratorChester Novell Turner , African-American filmmakerCharlotte Turner , top auditor in LondonClarence W. Turner (1866–1939), American politicianClorinda Matto de Turner (1853–1909), Peruvian writerCrystal Turner (1982–2021), American female murder victimCurtis Turner (1924–1970), NASCAR driverDaisy Turner , American storyteller and poetDallas Turner (born 2003), American football playerDawson Turner (1775–1858), English banker and botanistDebbie Turner (born 1956), American actress and former child starDebbye Turner (born 1965), American TV anchor, veterinarian, talk show host and former beauty queenDecherd Turner (1922–2002), American institutional book collectorDe'Lance Turner (born 1995), American football playerDennis Turner, Baron Bilston (1942–2014), British Member of ParliamentDerek Turner , English rugby league footballerDes Turner (born 1939), British politicianDiane Turner , American politicianDouglas H. Turner , American chemist and professorDwayne Turner , British comic book artistEdward Turner , British motorcycle and engine designer of Triumph MotorcyclesErnest Sackville Turner (1909–2006), English journalist and authorEugene S. Turner (1824–1915), American politicianEvan Turner (born 1988), American basketball playerFlorence Turner (1885–1946), American actressFlorence Turner-Maley (1871-1962) American composer, singer and teacherFrank Turner (born 1981), British musicianFrederick Jackson Turner (1861–1932), American historianGarth Turner (born 1949), Canadian business journalist, broadcaster and politicianGeills Turner (born 1937), wife of John Turner, a prime minister of CanadaGeorge Townsend Turner (1906–1979), philatelist of Washington, D.C.Gerald Turner, perpetrator of the murder of Lisa Ann French
Glenn Turner (cricketer) (born 1947), New Zealand cricketerGrant Turner (1958–2023), New Zealand soccer playerGuinevere Turner (born 1968), American actor and writerHal Turner , internet radio talk show hostHarald Turner (1891–1947), German Nazi SS commander executed for war crimesHarvey G. Turner (1822–1893), American politicianHayden Turner (born 1966), Australian television presenter and zookeeperHelen Alma Newton Turner (1908–1995), Australian geneticist and statisticianHelen Monro Turner (1901–1977), Scottish artistHoward Turner (1897–1976), American football playerHugh Thackeray Turner (1853–1937), English architectIke Turner (1931–2007), American musicianJ. B. Turner , Australian cricketer fl. 1865–1867J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), English painterJamie Turner (born 1972), American automobile dealerJane Turner (born 1967), Australian actor and comedianJanine Turner (born 1962), American actorJasmine Turner (born 1994), Maltese footballerJean Turner (born 1939), member of the Scottish ParliamentJessica Turner (1996-2023), American woman shot to death by police officer Jason Chamberlain in Clearwater, Florida
Jermaine Turner (born 1974), American professional basketball playerJessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer.Jimmie Turner (born 1962), American football playerJoe Lynn Turner (born 1951), American musicianJoe M. Turner (born 1969), American magician, mentalist and speakerJonathan Baldwin Turner (1805–1899), abolitionist and educational leaderJonathan D. C. Turner (born 1958), English barristerJosh Turner (born 1977), musicianJulian Turner (born 1955), British poet and mental health workerJustin Turner (born 1984), American professional baseball playerKathleen Turner (born 1954), American actorKeena Turner (born 1958), American football playerKenneth Turner (1928–2018), Australian political historianB. Kevin Turner (born 1965), business executiveKobie Turner (born 1999), American football playerLacey Turner (born 1988), English actorLana Turner (1921–1995), American actorLandon Turner (born 1993), American football playerLandon Turner (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball playerLavinia Turner (c. 1888–after 1937), American classic female blues singerLen Turner , American television journalistLesley Turner Bowrey (born 1942), Australian tennis playerLizabeth A. Turner (1829-1907), National President, Woman's Relief Corps Loyce W. Turner (1927-2021), American politician and veterinarianLynn Turner (murderer) (born 1968)Malik Turner (born 1996), American football playerMargery J. Turner , American dancer and authorMauree Turner , American politicianMildred Cozzens Turner (1897-1992) American artist, composer and singerMyra Brooks Turner (1936-2017), American composerNat Turner (1800–1831), leader of a slave rebellionNatalie Turner , Canadian animatorNolan Turner (born 1997), American football playerNorv Turner (born 1952), American football coachOthar Turner (1907–2003), American fife player and blues musicianPamela Rogers Turner (born 1977), American teacher convicted as a sex offenderPayton Turner (born 1999), American football playerPercy Turner , English footballerRalph Lilley Turner (1888–1983), English Indian languages philologist and linguistRandy Turner (1949–2005), American artist and singer for the band Big BoysRahshon Turner (born 1975), American basketball playerRichmond K. Turner (1885–1961), American naval officer in World War IIRobin Turner (born 1976), New Zealand professor of biostatisticsRodney Turner (born 1953), British/New Zealand organizational theoristRonald William Turner , English military officerRoy J. Turner (1894–1973), American politicianScott Turner (born 1982), American football coachSharon Turner (1768–1847), English historianSheadrick Turner (1869–1927), American lawyer and politicianShemar Turner (born 2003), American football playerSherri Turner (born 1956), American LPGA golferShirley Turner , American politicianShirley Turner (1961–2003), perpetrator of the murder of Zachary Turner and his father
Sonny Turner (1939-2022), American singerSophie Turner (born 1996), English actressSylvester Turner , Mayor of Houston, TexasStansfield Turner (1923–2018), director of the U.S. CIAStuart Turner , British pump designerSukhi Turner (born 1952), New Zealand politician, born in IndiaTed Turner (born 1938), American media mogulT. J. Turner (end) , American football playerT. J. Turner (linebacker) , American football playerTina Turner (1939–2023), American singerTitus Turner (1933–1984), American R&B and East Coast blues singer and songwriterTrea Turner (born 1993), American professional baseball playerVictor Turner (1920–1983), Scottish anthropologistWalter J. Turner (1884–1947), Australian poetYaakov Turner (born 1935), mayor of Beersheba and a brigadier general in the Israeli Air ForceZachary Turner (2002–2003), baby drowned by his mother in Canadian murder/suicideZeke Turner (born 1996), American football player
Fictional characters
Alan Turner (Emmerdale ) , played by Richard Thorp on Emmerdale Chris Turner, a character in the 1993 TV series Journey to the Center of the Earth
Cole Turner , character in Charmed played by Julian McMahonDarnell Turner , character played by Eddie Steeples in My Name Is Earl Dave Turner , character in Degrassi: The Next Generation Griffin Turner , a character in Ninjago Gus Turner, in the TV series Robotboy
Heidi Turner , minor character in South Park Naomi Turner from Elena of Avalor Owen Turner , character in EastEnders Scott Turner, a character from the 1989 film Turner and Hooch
Terence Turner , son of Alan Turner in Emmerdale , played by Stephen Marchant and then Nick BrimbleTimmy Turner , main character on the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Fairly OddParents
Vernon Turner , character in the Fox television series Empire Malik Yoba Violet Turner , a character in Private Practice Will Turner , fictional character, and one of the protagonists, in the Pirates of the Caribbean Sean and Dorothy Turner, main characters on Apple's 2019 show Servant
Jeanette Turner, main character on Freeform's recent miniseries Cruel Summer
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