Grabner Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Your Grabner ancestor may well appear as Gräbner in earlier records. The name is generally explained as “Dweller by a ditch”.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Gräbner surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

A variant of Gräbner

Only a small detail separates the spellings: Grabner has “a” where Gräbner has “ä”. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Grabner with 606 bearers, at rank 36,838. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames. Research your Grabner family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.