Sumner

Meanings

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a summoner in court.
2. An outer suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
3. A seaside suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A small town in Worth County, Georgia.
6. A small city in Lawrence County, Illinois.
7. A city in Bremer County, Iowa.
8. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
9. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Gratiot County, Michigan.
10. A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, named after Charles Sumner.
11. A small town in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County.
12. A small city in Chariton County, Missouri.

1. Obsolete form of summoner.

Etymology

From Middle English sumner (“summoner”).