As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CHALONER. Cole admits this name into his Dictionary as that of an ancient family. It means in old French either a boatman, from chalvn, a boat ; or a fisherman, from clialon, a kind of net. N. & Q., v. 592. It occurs in the H.R. in the forms of Le Chalouner, Le Chaluner, Le Chalunuer,

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Occupational name

Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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