Börner: Surname History and Family Crest

Börner? Think of it as Born with a different pen. At root, the name means “Spring / well”.

Family crest and blazon

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Spelling and variants

Börner is built on the same root as Born, with the ending -er. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Borne and Borna.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Börner with 773 bearers, at rank 30,277. Between 1891 and 2000, 405 babies born in France were registered as Börner, with the most births in 1961–1970. Get the complete Börner report, with a museum-style coat of arms.