Family name origins & meanings
- English : variant of Scrivener.
- The Scribner family that founded the American publishing house was established in America by one Benjamin Scrivener, who settled in Norwalk, CT in 1680. The present form of the name was adopted after 1742. The firm was established in 1846 by Charles Scribner (1821–71), who was born in NY, where his father was established as a prosperous merchant.