Turner Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Turner Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Turner

The ancient history of the name Turner was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Turnor, Turnhour and Aletunner. Meaning 'latheworker', this is an occupational name for someone who makes small objects out of wood, metal or bone, by turning on a Lathe. This name was introduced from Normandy around the thirteenth century and is thus of Anglo-Norman descent spreading from England to Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in these countries. Examples of such are an Aylbricht le Turner, London, and a Geoffrey le Turner, County Cambridgeshire, who were recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273. A Thomas dictus Turnour is recorded as holding lands in Aberdeen, Scotland, in the year 1382. In Ireland this name and its variants are on record since the fifteenth century and were introduced into Ulster Province by settlers who arrived from England and Scotland. The Gaelic form of the name is 'Mac an Tuirneir'.