Kempner Family History
Kempner Name Meaning
German:: occupational name for a champion at jousting or wrestling an agent derivative of Kempe ‘fight’ (see Kemp ). habitational name with agent suffix -er for someone from any of various places called Kempen (notably near Krefeld) or from Kempno near Poznań Poland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022