The korn Surname
korn Name Meaning and History
- German: from Middle High German korn ‘grain’, a metonymic occupational name for a factor or dealer in grain or a nickname for a peasant.
- Dutch and German: from a short form of the personal name Cornelis or Cornelius.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Korn (Yiddish korn) ‘grain’, a metonymic occupational name as in 1, or an ornamental name.
- Czech: from a short form of the Czech personal name Kornel, a vernacular form of Cornelius.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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