Königs Name Origin and Family Crest

Königs is a familiar spelling of the German name König. The family name meaning is “King”, the same as for König.

• The same family of names includes Koning, Königer and Küng.
• The extra ending in Königs is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to König's family.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to König and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Königs family name pack.