# Metzner

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'''Metzner''' is a [German](/source/Germans) surname, which may have formed from the German word '' metze'', a small dry-measure for grain, or ''metzjen'', the occupational name for a [butcher](/source/butcher).<ref name=hank/> It is also a habitational name that stems Metz from [Lorraine](/source/Lorraine_(duchy)), typically a Jewish name,<ref>{{cite web|title=Metzner Family Crest|url=http://www.4crests.com/metzner-coat-of-arms.html|work=Coat of Arms|accessdate=29 September 2010}}</ref> and from Metzen in Lower [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria).<ref name=hank>Hanks, Metzner.</ref> The origin of the surname has led to various other related spellings.

Notable people with the surname include:

*[Arthur B. Metzner](/source/Arthur_B._Metzner) (1927–2006), Canada-born American chemical engineering professor and rheologist
*[Carroll Metzner](/source/Carroll_Metzner) (1919–2008), American politician
*[Charles Miller Metzner](/source/Charles_Miller_Metzner) (1912–2009), American judge
*[Ernő Metzner](/source/Ern%C5%91_Metzner) (1892–1953), Hungarian-born film director and production designer
*[Franz Metzner](/source/Franz_Metzner) (1870–1919), German sculptor
*[Helmut Metzner](/source/Helmut_Metzner) (1925–1999), German plant physiologist
*[Karl-Heinz Metzner](/source/Karl-Heinz_Metzner) (1923–1994), German footballer
*[Olivier Metzner](/source/Olivier_Metzner) (1949–2013), French criminal defense lawyer
*[Ralph Metzner](/source/Ralph_Metzner) (1936–2019), German-born American psychologist, writer and researcher
*[Sheila Metzner](/source/Sheila_Metzner) (born 1939), American photographer

==See also==
*"Shell-Metzner", incorrectly attributed naming of "[Shell sort](/source/Shell_sort)", a sorting algorithm
*[Mertz](/source/Mertz), an origin-related spelling of Metzner

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Hanks|first=Patrick|title=Dictionary of American Family Names|year=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-508137-4}}

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Category:Occupational surnames

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