Klingner Family History
Klingner Name Meaning
German:: occupational name for a blade maker or swordsmith from Middle High German klinge ‘metal blade sword’ + -er agent suffix. topographic (field) name derived from klinge ‘sword blade’ or a habitational name for someone from any of the places called Klingen in Bavaria the Palatinate and elsewhere or from Klingnau in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022