In Hebrew the meaning of the name Abner is: Father is light, or father of light. The Old Testament Abner was Saul's cousin and army commander, a clever strategist. Abner became fashionable after the Reformation. 'Li'l Abner', was the hero of a comic strip by cartoonist Al Capp.
Ebner Name Meaning. South German: topographic name for someone who lived on a piece of flat ground or a plateau, from Middle High German ebene 'plateau' + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.
Avenir (Russian: Авени́р) is a Russian Christian male first name. Its feminine version is Avenira. The name is derived from the Biblical Hebrew word abnēr, meaning father (god) is light. Its colloquial variant is Venir (Вени́р).
