Gesner

English

Etymology

Variant of German Gessner.

Proper noun

Gesner (plural Gesners)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gesner is the 41426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Gesner is most common among White (89.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gesner”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 36.

German

Alternative forms

• Gessner, Geßner

Etymology

Variant of Gessner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛsnɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ges‧ner

Proper noun

Gesner m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gesners or (with an article) Gesner, feminine genitive Gesner, plural Gesners or Gesner)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Gassner, Gessen, Gessel, Gess, Gessmann
• Haffner, Höffner, Höfner, Wallner