Löhner Family Crest & Name History

Löhner belongs to the Lehner family of names, which has German roots. In origin, the name means “fief holder”.

• 408 Americans were listed as Löhner in the 2010 census. From 1891 to 2000, 353 births in France were registered under Löhner. There were 23 such births in the 1890s and 39 in the 1990s.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Related forms: Lehnert, Lehenbauer and Lehn.
• Spelled with “ö” instead of “e”, Löhner shows how the same name was heard and written differently.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Lehner and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Löhner family name pack.