CRONER Origin of surname
CRONER
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
Literally "of/from Cron" in German and Yiddish, Croner can be linked to towns and cities in Europe whose names comprise the syllable Kron, among them Deutsch Krone, the German name of Walcz in north west Poland; Krone, the German name of Koronovo in north central Poland; Crone in Lombardy, Italy; Kronstadt in the gulf of Finland; Kronstadt, the German name of Brasov/Brasso in Romania; Cronberg/Kronberg in Hesse, western Germany; and the Wuppertal district Kronenberg/Cronenberg in western Germany, first mentioned in 1225. A spelling variant of Kron(e), literally "crown" in German, Cron can also be a re-arrangement of Korn. Korn is the German for "grain/corn". Associated with the corn trade, the Jewish family name Korn and its variants were substitutes for the Jewish surname Cohen/Kohn.
This family name may therefore also derive from lineage (priestly, Levite, convert). The oldest and probably the most common Jewish family name in existence, Cohen indicates descent from the biblical priestly family, Cohanim. According to tradition, the Cohanim are descendants of Aaron, the first high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. The Cohanim performed consecrated duties in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem until the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE and still have certain duties and prerogatives in religious life. In the 20th century, Croner is recorded as a Jewish family name during World War II with Albert Croner, who was killed in the German death camp at Theresienstadt in 1942.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
Literally "of/from Cron" in German and Yiddish, Croner can be linked to towns and cities in Europe whose names comprise the syllable Kron, among them Deutsch Krone, the German name of Walcz in north west Poland; Krone, the German name of Koronovo in north central Poland; Crone in Lombardy, Italy; Kronstadt in the gulf of Finland; Kronstadt, the German name of Brasov/Brasso in Romania; Cronberg/Kronberg in Hesse, western Germany; and the Wuppertal district Kronenberg/Cronenberg in western Germany, first mentioned in 1225. A spelling variant of Kron(e), literally "crown" in German, Cron can also be a re-arrangement of Korn. Korn is the German for "grain/corn". Associated with the corn trade, the Jewish family name Korn and its variants were substitutes for the Jewish surname Cohen/Kohn.
This family name may therefore also derive from lineage (priestly, Levite, convert). The oldest and probably the most common Jewish family name in existence, Cohen indicates descent from the biblical priestly family, Cohanim. According to tradition, the Cohanim are descendants of Aaron, the first high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. The Cohanim performed consecrated duties in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem until the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE and still have certain duties and prerogatives in religious life. In the 20th century, Croner is recorded as a Jewish family name during World War II with Albert Croner, who was killed in the German death camp at Theresienstadt in 1942.