- Source: Kerner (surname)
Kerner is an occupational surname of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) origin. There are various possible derivations, including as a name for a farmer or a nickname for a small person, from a Middle High German kerne ("kernel seed pip"); German Kern or Yiddish kern (grain), among others. Middle English kerner is a variant of cherner ("churner; one who churns butter"). It may also derive from "carter" or "carrier", from the German word kerenere. The name was found in Bavaria, Germany, in the medieval period.
People with the surname include:
Literature
Charlotte Kerner (born 1950), biographer and science-fiction writer
Elizabeth Kerner (born 1958), fantasy author
Justinus Kerner (1786–1862), a German lyric poet of the Swabian school
Politics
Johann Georg Kerner (1770–1812), political journalist, critical chronicler of the French revolution, brother of Justinus Kerner
Otto Kerner, Jr. (1908–1976), Illinois Governor and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Otto Kerner, Sr. (1884–1952), an Illinois Attorney General and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Entertainment and media
Debby Kerner, American singer
Nena (Gabriele Susanne Kerner; born 1960), German singer who became famous with the New German Wave songs "Nur geträumt" and "99 Luftballons"
Jordan Kerner, film producer
Johannes B. Kerner, (born 1964), German television broadcaster
Sports
Jonathan Kerner (born 1974), American basketball player
Marlon Kerner (born 1973), American football player
Science and mathematics
Boris Kerner, (born 1947), German physicist
Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831–1898), Austrian botanist
Other fields
Ian Kerner, American sex counselor
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