Family name origins & meanings
- German (Körner) : occupational name for a grain merchant or possibly for the administrator of a granary, Middle High German körner.
- German (Körner) : nickname for a miller, from a noun derivative of Middle High German kürne ‘mill’.
- German (Körner) : from the personal name Kor(de)ner, a derivative of Konrad, which was altered to Körner.