Webber (surname)

Webber (/ˈwɛbər/) is an English occupational surname meaning weaver.

Etymology
Webber is an occupational surname referring to, "a maker of cloth". The ending "er" generally denotes some employment, examples include Miller and Salter. The ending "er" is the masculine form whilst "ster", as in Webster, is the feminine form.

Variants of the name include Weaver, Webbe, Webster and Weber, the German form of the name.

Notable people with the surname Webber

 * Anna Webber (born 1984), Canadian saxophonist, flutist, and composer
 * A. R. F. Webber (1880–1932), Trinidadian writer
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), British composer
 * Bonnie Webber (born 1946), computational linguist
 * Chris Webber (born 1973), American basketball player
 * Charles Wilkins Webber (1819–1856), American journalist and explorer
 * Danny Webber (born 1981), English footballer
 * Darren Webber (born 1981), Australian politician
 * David Webber (basketball) (born 1980), American basketball player
 * Diane Webber (1932–2008), American model and actress
 * Elizabeth Webber, fictional character in TV series General Hospital
 * George W. Webber (politician) (1825–1900), U.S. Representative
 * Gordon Webber (disambiguation), several people
 * Herbert John Webber (1865–1946), American plant physiologist
 * John Webber (1752–1793), Swiss-English painter
 * Jules C. Webber (1838-1872), American Civil War brevet brigadier general
 * Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster
 * Margareta Webber (1891–1983), Australian bookseller
 * Mark Webber (disambiguation), several people
 * Michael Webber (engineer) (born 1971), American mechanical engineer
 * Michael Webber (priest), Dean of Hobart
 * Michael Webber (politician) (born 1978), American politician
 * Melvin M. Webber (1920–2006), American urban designer and theorist
 * Pamela Balash-Webber (1953-2020), American diving instructor
 * Peter Webber, British film director
 * Rob Webber, English rugby union player
 * Robert Webber, American actor
 * Robert E. Webber, American theologian
 * Ruth Webber, Australian politician
 * Samuel Webber (1759–1810), American clergyman, mathematician and academic
 * Sharon Webber, American surfer
 * Sian Webber, British actress
 * Stacey Lee Webber (born 1982), American metalsmith
 * Stephen Webber (born 1983), American politician
 * Steve Webber, American baseball coach
 * Teresa Webber, British palaeographer, medievalist, and academic
 * Walter Webber, Western Cherokee leader and trader, founder of present-day Webbers Falls, Oklahoma
 * Whitney Webber (born 1978), American rower
 * William B. Webber (1836-1916), American lawyer and politician
 * William John Seward Webber (1842–1919), British sculptor