Werner Family History
Werner Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Heinz, Gerhard, Ernst, Helmut, Horst, Klaus, Arno, Dieter.
German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The surname of German origin is also found in Britain (compare Warner ) and France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Verner .
Germanized or Americanized form of Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Croatian, and Slovenian Verner , a cognate or variant of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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