Zern Family History
Zern Name Meaning
German: probably a variant of Zörn itself a variant of Zorn ‘wrath anger’. German (of Slavic origin): nickname or metonymic occupational name from a Germanized Slavic word meaning ‘black’ (compare 3 and Cerny ) or ‘grain’ (Old Slavic zьrno). Germanized form of Sorbian Cern (or perhaps by shortening of some other surname beginning with Cern-): nickname derived from Lower Sorbian dialect cerny ‘black’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022