Surname FAULKNER

SOURCE: Occupation

Meaning & History

Occupational name for a keeper of falcons, from Middle English and Scots faulcon, from Late Latin falco, of Germanic origin.

VARIANTS: Falconer (English), Falconer (Scottish)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Falk (Danish), Falk (German), Falco (Italian), Falk (Norwegian), Falk (Swedish)