Horning Family Crest & Name History

Horning and Hornung are two spellings with one history. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “February / illegitimate”.

• Spelled with “i” instead of “u”, Horning shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• Other spellings include Hornig.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Horning surname had 7,322 bearers.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Horning, so the heraldry linked to Hornung is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Horning family name pack.