Costner

Costner [' kʌsnər ] is a North American family name.

Origin and Meaning

The first known today bearer of the name was Georg Adam Kastner, who with his family from Edenkoben in the Palatinate, York County, Pennsylvania in the area of present-day Gaston County (then Mecklenburg County) emigrated 1748 in North Carolina and on his grave stone " G. ADAM COSTNER DIED 1767 " is to be read.

Variants

  • Cosner
  • Chostner

Bearers of the name

  • Annie Costner ( born 1984 ), American actress
  • Christine Costner Sizemore (* 1927), patient whose case was based on the book The Three Faces of Eve and the film of the same
  • Kevin Costner ( b. 1955 ), American actor, film producer, director and musician
Americanization York County (Pennsylvania) Gaston County, North Carolina Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) Kostner Knoxville (Tennessee)
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