Does anyone know the meaning of the surname Bittner?

Question

I have been looking for the meaning of my surname, Bittner, and all the sites I have tried do not have it listed. Does anyone by chance happend to know what it means? I do know that it is German, but knowing that doesn't seem to be helping me either.

Answer 1

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From Ancestry.com:
bittner
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Buettner.
Buettner
German (Büttner): occupational name for a cooper or barrel-maker, German Büttner, an agent derivative of Middle High German büte(n) ‘cask’, ‘wine barrel’. This name occurs chiefly in eastern German-speaking regions. Compare Binder, Bittenbender, Boettcher, Schaeffler.