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You're supposed to pronounce the /t/ technically. But the pronounciation of "Hunner" is a product of co-articulation. When saying the name quickly, it's easier to drop the /t/ because it's a pronounced stop sound that requires your tongue to hit your alvealor ridge (by your teeth)before going to the back of your mouth to produce to the "er" sound. Since the /n/ sound is produced with your tongue at the roof of your mouth, it's easier to just leave your tongue back there for the "er" rather than go up to the front of your mouth for the /t/ sound. It's just a pronounciation that has developed over time. Neither pronciation is right or wrong, it's just an articulation pattern and can also be a matter of dialect too. I'm sure it's pronounced differently in different places.(I'm a speech-language pathologist by the way, so that's why this explanation came to mind.)

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Anyone remember the show Boy Meets World? Mr. Feeny would pronounce Shawn's last name as "Hunter" while Mr. Turner pronounced it "Hunner". Just a difference.

I'm Australian. I pronounce the T. I detest Hunter.

I'm from Northern California, and I always pronounce the "t" in Hunter and hunting, etc. However, my neighbor has a daughter named Hunter and she does not pronounce the "t".

Of course I pronounce the T. I never heard of anyone that didn't.

I most definitely pronounce the t.

I have an American accent, so it does sound a lot like "Hunner" when I say it. If I were pronouncing it very carefully and saying every single consonant, I'd say HunTer. I think it just depends on where you live and what you're used to hearing. Also, if someone here were yelling at their son Hunter / saying their name really loudly and carefully to try and get their attention, I think the T would be more audible than if they were just saying the name quickly and not carefully.

Of course I pronounce the T-this seems rather obvious! When I say it, it sounds just like it looks-HUN-ter-even if I am saying it fast, the T is pronounced.

I do pronounce the T, but not everyone around me does. (I'm in Texas, btw.)

I pronounce the T. "Hunner" is pretty much restricted to a southern accent (I think).

I don't pronounce the T usually but that is just laziness. A lot of people do it.

W/out the t in the prn. is just lazy prn. As an En. teacher, it's def. said how you see it for this one... That said, I think I prefer leaving Hunter as a surname rather than a given name.

Yes, I say the T.

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It's a surname to me, I'm not fond of it as a first name, unless there's a family connection.
But, not a bad name at all.

I pronounce it with the T but the lazy way of saying it (and the southern way) would be Hunner. it really depends n your accent.

Yeah, definitely. Hunter not Hunner.

That's interesting. But yes, I pn it the obvious way with the T

I pronounce the "T", but I do know people who say "Hun'er". They don't live anywhere near me though. I met them when I was visiting my aunt in the Southern US.