Miner is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent last name for both adults and children.
Latin: Youth. Last name origin & meaning: English: occupational name for someone who built mines, either for the excavation of coal and other minerals, or as a technique in the medieval art of siege warfare. Recorded in the spellings of Minor, Minors, Miner, and Miners, this is a surname of French origins. It was introduced into England after the 1066 Norman Invasion, and spread rapidly. English: occupational name for someone who built mines, either for the excavation of coal and other minerals, or as a technique in the medieval art of siege warfare. The word represents an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French mine ‘mine’ (a word of Celtic origin, cognate with Gaelic mein ‘ore’, ‘mine’). Recorded in the spellings of Minor, Minors, Miner, Miners, the French Huguenot Minier, and its possible variant Minear, this is an English surname of French origins. Miner is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#1597 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. Census). Minor is the only popular alternative form of Miner (not ranked) listed in the Top 1000. This boy name was at the apex of its popularity during the years 1880-1889 (usage of 0.482%) and has become much less popular since, with Minor becoming less in vogue. Below is a charted comparison of the popularity of the boy name Miner and related names. Where the surname is recorded with the suffix s, this implies the patronymic son of Miner. Early examples of surname recordings include Adam Le Miner, in the 1212 Curia Regis Rolls of Lincoln, whilst Henry le Minr, appears in the 1234 Pipe Rolls of Derbyshire.
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