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Etymology of Wallner

What does the name Wallner mean?

The Swedish surname Wallner is an ornamental name from the Swedish words "wall and vall", meaning "grassy bank, pasture or grazing ground", perhaps adopted in some cases as a topographic name by "someone who lived by a grassy bank".

Ornamental compound surnames include Wallberg (pasture hill), Wallgren (pasture branch), Wallstrom (pasture river) and Wahlquist (pasture twig).

Wallner Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wahl, Wallen, Wallin, Wallenius, Wallner, Wallman, Wallander and many more.

Wallner Ranking

the United States, the name Wallner is the 16,681st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Wallner migration to the United States +



Wallner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Cath Wallner, who sailed from Bremen to New York with her two sons, Joseph and Carl, in 1859
  • Auguste Wallner, who settled in Illinois in 1872
  • Jermiah Wallner, who settled in New York in 1879

Contemporary Notables of the name Wallner (post 1700) +

  • Mary Jane Wallner (b. 1946), American politician, Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1980)
  • Frederick William "Fred" Wallner (1928-1999), American football guard who played from 1951 to 1960
  • Woodruff Wallner, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Barcelona, 1938; Tunis, 1942 2
  • Mary Jane Wallner, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1996 3
  • John Wallner, American Libertarian politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California, 1990, 1992 3
  • Valentina Olivia Violeta Wallner (b. 1990), Swedish ice hockey goaltender
  • Per Johan Daniel Wallner (b. 1965), Swedish two-time bronze medalist alpine skier in the 1990s
  • Martha Wallner (1927-2018), Austrian stage actress
  • Erika Wallner (1945-2016), Argentine stage, film and television actress
  • ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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