Guenthner Family Crest & Name History

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

The meaning behind Guenthner

Guenthner is a familiar spelling of the German name Guenther. The family name meaning is “Descendant of Guntard (war, bold)”, the same as for Guenther.

Before spelling was fixed, Guenther was also written Guenthner. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. 747 Americans were listed as Guenthner in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

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