Family name origins & meanings
- German (also Kröner) : habitational name for someone from a place called Kronau, near Bruchsal.
- German (also Kröner) : from a noun derivative of Middle Low German kronen ‘to grumble’, hence a nickname for a cantankerous person.
- German (also Kröner) : from an old personal name based on Old High German gruoni, Old Saxon grōni ‘green’ in the sense of ‘fresh new life’.
- German (also Kröner) : habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a crown, from Middle High German krōne.