Banning as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Banning

What is the meaning of the name Banning ?

The baby name Banning is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbænɪŋ/ ("BAN-ing").

Banning is English in Origin.

Banning is a transferred surname of English and Dutch/Frisian origin. It derives from medieval bann/bannum, “a proclamation or jurisdictional command,” with the -ing suffix meaning “belonging to/descendant of,” or from a personal name Banno/Banne in the Low Countries. The sense is thus “member of the bann-district” or “descendant of Banno.” Some lines may intersect with Irish names related to bán “fair, white,” via the kin-name Bannon, though this link is secondary.

As a given name, Banning appears sporadically in the Anglophone world from the 19th century, in step with the fashion for adopting family surnames as first names; Americans may also associate it with entrepreneur Phineas Banning. Usage today is rare and stylistically modern, typically masculine but possible unisex. Variants and cognates include Bannin, Banin, Bannon, and Frisian Banninga; short forms Ban or Banny occur, with Bannings as a plural family form.