Kantner is a German

locational surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

, which originally meant a person from places called named Kanten in

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

Silesia Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...

.''Dictionary of American Family Names''
"Kantner Family History"
Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 20 January 2016. Alternatively, Kanter can be an

occupational surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

for a maker of wooden racks or trestles for alcohol barrels, derived from the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

''kanter'' ("barrel rack"). The name may refer to: *

China Kantner China Wing Kantner (born January 25, 1971) is an American actress in television, theatre and film. She is also a former MTV VJ, sometimes credited on-screen as China Slick Kantner. Biography Kantner was born in San Francisco, California, the ...

(born 1971), American actress * Harold D. Kantner (1886–1973), American aviator *

Konrad V Kantner Konrad V Kantner (ca. 1385 – 10 September 1439) was a duke of Oleśnica, Koźle, half of Bytom and half of Ścinawa during 1412–1427 (with his brothers as co-rulers), since 1427 sole ruler over Oleśnica. He was the second son of Konrad III t ...

(1385–1439), Polish duke *

Paul Kantner Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture of ...

(1941–2016), American musician * Seth Kantner (born 1965), American writer

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