Verner (name)

Verner is a Scandinavian name of Germanic origins from the given name Werner. Verner is common both as a given name and a surname. It means "protector". People with the name Verner include:

Given name

 * Verner Clapp
 * Verner Clarges
 * Ove Verner Hansen
 * Verner von Heidenstam
 * Verner Emil Hoggatt, Jr.
 * Verner Järvinen
 * Verner Lehtimäki
 * Verner Lindberg (1852–1909), Finnish politician
 * Verner Main
 * Elmer Verner McCollum
 * Percy Verner Noble
 * Verner Panton
 * Verner E. Suomi
 * Verner Weckman
 * Gerald Verner White

Surname

 * Alterraun Verner (b. 1988), American footballer
 * Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (1883–1979), American artist, author
 * Frank Verner (1883–1966), American middle and long distance runner
 * Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928), Canadian painter
 * Josée Verner (b. 1959), Canadian politician
 * Karl Verner (1846–1896), Danish linguist
 * Linda Verner (1855-1892), British singer and actress
 * Mary Verner (b. 1956), American local government politician
 * Miroslav Verner (b. 1941), Czech egyptologist
 * Paul Verner (1911–1986), German politician
 * Samuel Phillips Verner (1873–1943), American missionary and African explorer
 * Tomáš Verner (b. 1986), Czech figure skater
 * Sir William Edward Hercules Verner, 3rd Baronet (1855–1886), British baronet
 * William Willoughby Cole Verner (1852–1922) a British ornithologist