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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : variant of Höhne (see Hoehne).
  • North German (Höhner) : topographic name for a marshland dweller, from hon ‘bog’, ‘marsh’ + -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.

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