Weinbrenner Family History
Weinbrenner Surname Meaning
German: occupational name for a distiller of brandy literally ‘wine burner’. The original function of the distiller attested from the 8th century seems to have been to extract alcohol for medicinal purposes from wine;
the modern sense of someone who prepared spirituous liquor for drinking is first recorded in the 14th century. Compare Winebrenner.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
