Horn
in the US
There are 44,567 people with the last name "Horn" in the United States.
Similar Names and Nicknames
Horne, Horner, Hornsby, Horning, Hornbeck, Hornung, Hornberger, Hornback, Hornbuckle, Hornick
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Meaning & History
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): presumably from German Horn ‘horn’, adopted as a surname for reasons that are not clear. It may be purely ornamental, or it may refer to the ram's horn (Hebrew shofar) blown in the Synagogue during various ceremonies.

