Sumner - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Sumner \s(u)-m

is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "one who serves a summons". Occupational name for a medieval legal official. In Geoffrey Chaucer's well-known "Canterbury Tales", a summoner is one of the pilgrims headed to Canterbury. Entrepreneur Sumner Redstone.

Sumner is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#1563 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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