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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Middle High German kelnære, Middle Dutch kel(le)nare, German Kellner ‘cellarman’. This term developed various specialized senses: a steward, an overseer in a castle, monastery, or the like, and in modern usage, a wine waiter.

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