Webber (surname)

This article is about the surname Webber. For other uses, see Webber (disambiguation).

Webber (/ˈwɛbər/) is an English occupational surname meaning weaver.^[1]

Etymology

Webber is an occupational surname referring to, "a maker of cloth".^[2] The ending "er" generally denotes some employment, examples include Miller and Salter. The ending "er" is the masculine form whilst "ster", as in Webster, is the feminine form.^[3][4][5][6]

Variants of the name include Weaver, Webbe, Webster and Weber, the German form of the name.^[7][8]

Notable people with the surname Webber

• Anna Webber (born 1984), Canadian saxophonist, flutist, and composer
• A. R. F. Webber (1880–1932), Trinidadian writer
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), British composer
• Bonnie Webber (born 1946), computational linguist
• Chris Webber (born 1973), American basketball player
• Charles Wilkins Webber (1819–1856), American journalist and explorer
• Danny Webber (born 1981), English footballer
• Darren Webber (born 1981), Australian politician
• David Webber (basketball) (born 1980), American basketball player
• Diane Webber (1932–2008), American model and actress
• Donald W. Webber (1906–1995), justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
• Elizabeth Webber, fictional character introduced in 1997 in TV series General Hospital
• George W. Webber (politician) (1825–1900), U.S. Representative
• Gordon Webber (disambiguation), several people
• Herbert John Webber (1865–1946), American plant physiologist
• John Webber (1752–1793), Swiss-English painter
• Jules C. Webber (1838–1872), American Civil War brevet brigadier general
• Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster
• Margareta Webber (1891–1983), Australian bookseller
• Mark Webber (disambiguation), several people
• Michael Webber (engineer) (born 1971), American mechanical engineer
• Michael Webber (priest) (fl. 1940s–1970s), Dean of Hobart
• Michael Webber (politician) (born 1978), American politician
• Melvin M. Webber (1920–2006), American urban designer and theorist
• Pamela Balash-Webber (1953–2020), American diving instructor
• Peter Webber (born 1968), British film director
• Rob Webber (born 1986), English rugby union player
• Robert Webber (1924–1989), American actor
• Robert E. Webber (1933–2007), American theologian
• Ruth Webber (born 1965), Australian politician
• Samuel Webber (1759–1810), American clergyman, mathematician and academic
• Sharon Webber (fl. 1970s), American surfer
• Sian Webber (born 1959), British actress
• Stacey Lee Webber (born 1982), American metalsmith
• Stephen Webber (born 1983), American politician
• Steve Webber (1947–2022), American baseball coach
• Teresa Webber (fl. 1990s–2020s), British palaeographer, medievalist, and academic
• Walter Webber (fl. 1810s–1830s), Western Cherokee leader and trader, founder of present-day Webbers Falls, Oklahoma
• William B. Webber (1836–1916), American lawyer and politician
• William John Seward Webber (1842–1919), British sculptor

See also

• Lloyd Webber, a surname
• Paine Webber, an American company
• Weber (surname)