Deffner Family History
Deffner Name Meaning
German: dialect variant of the habitational name Deffinger denoting someone from Deffingen in Swabia earlier Tafingen. South German: occupational name for a tavern owner from Middle High German tavernære (from Latin taberna ‘tavern’) via a later tæfener to the present-day name which may in some cases also have referred to a tavern user i.e. drinker.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022