Gassner

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Gaßner in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gassner is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname401 records spelled Gassner2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Also written Gässner

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gassner is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• topographic name for someone who lived in a side street or alley (see Gasser).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In German, Toponymischer Familienname zu Gasse/Gassen ‘Straße, Gasse, Weg’; belegt in vielen Schreibungen, regional auch als Gasser/Gessler/Gasler; < SiedlungsN bzw. < ON im Sinn von Wohnplatz an der Gasse.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

• In German, Wohnstättenname zu mhd. gasse 'Gasse'; Vergleichsreihe mit a/ä/e-Vokalvariation im Stamm.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• In German, Wohnstätten-/Herkunftsname zu Gasse/Gaß; zeigt a/ä-Variation. Bearer count: 1204+1036.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Carl Gassnerb. 1855DEGerman physician and inventor (1855–1942)
• Johann Gustav Gassnerb. 1881DEGerman botanist and plant pathologist (1881-1955)
• Josef Gassnerb. 1890ATAustrian politician (1890-1969)
• John Gassnerb. 1903USHungarian-American theater historian, critic, educator, and anthologist (1903–1967)
• Martin Gassnerb. 1913ATAustrian politician (1913-1985)
• Johann Gassnerb. 1933ATAustrian politician (1933-1985)
• Dennis Gassnerb. 1948CAart director
• Peter Gassnerb. 1965USAmerican entrepreneur and businessman
• Alexander Gassnerb. 1989DEGerman skeleton racer
• Mechthild Gaßnerb. 2000DEnot in their usual nameGerman author

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 37 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gassner?

We estimate roughly 2.0 thousand people bear Gassner (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Gassner have the most bearers?

Gassner is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled gassner.

How common is Gassner compared with other names?

In Liechtenstein, Gassner is the 11th most common surname of 657 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Gassner mean?

Recorded meaning: variant of the occupational name Geisner ‘goatherd’ .