Given name & surname

Schreiner

Schreiner is a surname from German.

Original GermanSchrinner

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Schreiner comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Schreiner.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Schreiner’s family of names

In German usage, Schreiner as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Carpenter. In German usage, Schreiner as a surname has a related form in Schreinemaker. In German usage, Schreiner as a surname has a related form in Schrenger.

Walk Schreiner’s family in the name graph

SchreinerSchrinnerSchringerSchrienerSchrengerSchreinemakerShreinerCarpenterСтоляровStolarz

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Schreiner has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

EnglishGerman

Germanwhere Schreiner comes from · 5 names

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Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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