Kirchener: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Kirchener is an established spelling of the German surname Kirchner.

The extra “e” in Kirchener is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

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