Fawkner Family Crest & Name History

Fawkner and Faulkner are two spellings with one history. Read literally, Fawkner points to “Falconer”.

• Records show Fawkner as one of the forms Faulkner took over time.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Other spellings include Fawkener, Falkner and Falknor.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Fawkner family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Fawkner surname pack.