40%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Old German form of Werner. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootswar + heriVariantWernherOther Languages & CulturesVerner(Danish) Werner, Wessel(Dutch) Wessel(Frisian) Werner, Wernher, Wetzel(German) Irnerius(History) Garnier(Medieval French) Verner(Swedish) Categories army, defence, protection Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1544.