Thurn Family History
Thurn Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived near a watchtower or a metonymic occupational name for someone responsible for manning one from Middle High German turn turm ‘tower’. In some cases it may be a habitational name from any of the many places called with this word in the Rhineland Bavaria Austria and Bohemia. English (Warwickshire): variant of Thorne . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022