The kerner Surname
kerner Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a farmer or a nickname for a small person, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kerne ‘kernel’, ‘seed’, ‘pip’, German Kern or Yiddish kern ‘grain’.
- German: occupational name for a carter, from Karren ‘cart’ (see Karner).
- Alemannic occupational name for a baker using spelt (a type of wheat) or for a spelt dealer.
- German: variant of Körner (see Korner).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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