The horner Surname
horner Name Meaning and History
- English, Scottish, German, and Dutch: from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.
- habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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