Some research results on the background of the name Barner


The name Barner - it's Origins and Derivitives

BARNER (Hbg.) LGer. For Berner (Germanic Bern-her), some occurencies in Hlbg., LÜb., Strals. Around 1300 Berner(us). Competing form: Brenner (meaning 'arsonist')

BERNER, Bernert: name is of different origins. In Sil. It comes from the pl.n. Berna(Lausitz, twice), likewise Kuhnert from Kuhna and Börner from Borna Cf. “von der Berne”, Gurlitz 1551, also Berner, 1449. LGer. Berner (= brenner 'burner'), silverberner [silver smelter]. Compare also tegelberner (tegel = Tiegel 'saucepan'). Tyle Bernekote, 14th cent. Berner = Brenner 'arsonist', hence Mottberner (= Mordbrenner) 'perpetrator of murder and arson', Rugen 13th cent. Pl.n. Bernewater [burnet water], Stettin 1345 (now Barmwater). Bernewyn (= Branntwein) 'brady', Ro. 1321 Berneblas (burning torch), LÜb 1319 Cf. Barner. In the UG area: s.o. from, Berne. May also derive from the old pers.n. Bernher: Bernherus miles [knight] de Wil, near Zuick 1259.

BÖRNER (Sax): from Borna (near Leipzig, Pirna, Oschatz).

Bahlow, Hans Deutsches namenlexikon: famlien- und vornamen nach ursprung und sinnerklart Munich :

Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, 1972 DAR Call# GEN NAMES GERMAN BAH

Bahlow, Hans Dictionary of German Names Translated by Henry Geitz and Edda Gentry Madison, WI : Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, 1993 DAR Call# GEN NAMES GERMAN BAH

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BARNER (1499) 1. Southern English: habitational name for someone who lived by a barn. 2. North German: derivative of the old Germanic personal name Barnher or Bernher

Hanks, Patrick Dictionary of American Family Names New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2003 DAR Call# GEN NAMES DIC

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von Barner, Konrad Familiengeschichte von Barner

Schwerin in Mecklenburg 1910 Barensprungschen Book Press

Translated by Barner, George Brenneman Wells, Maine 1980 McDowell Publications Utica, KY DAR Call# FAMILIES BARNER

P 1-10 (not duplicated here yet) has some historical background on how the name may have derive with some possible usage.