tranter means A surname originating as an occupation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Etymology
From tranter, an occupational surname for a peddler.
name
- A surname originating as an occupation.
noun
- a peddler.“Through the open doorway of a small inner room on the left hand, of a character between pantry and cellar, was Dick Dewy’s father, Reuben, by vocation a ‘tranter’, or irregular carrier.”