The halter Surname
halter Name Meaning and History
- German: topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow or pastureland, from Middle High German halte ‘pasture’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
- South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German haltære ‘keeper’, ‘shepherd’, German Halter.
- English: occupational name for a maker of halters for horses and cattle, Middle English haltrere (from Old English hælftre ‘halter’).
- Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a halter-maker, from Middle Dutch halfter, haelter, halter ‘halter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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