Thorner Family History
Thorner Name Meaning
German (Thörner): topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or a habitational name for someone from a place called Thorn (see Thorn 3 and ). German: occupational name for a watchman on a tower. Swedish (also Thornér): ornamental name composed of the elements torn törne ‘thorn bush’ + the suffix -er (from German) or -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius). This surname is rare in Sweden. English (Dorset): habitational name from Thorner in Yorkshire derived from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + ofer ‘slope hill ridge’ or a topographic name from Middle English thorner ‘dweller at the thorn bush(es)’. Compare Thorne .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022