Leather maker or worker of hides
A variant spelling of the English occupational surname Tanner. It refers to a person who tanned animal hides into leather using tannin, a process essential for medieval trade and clothing.
Less common today
Tannar isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,567 in 1999.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).