The hoffner Surname
hoffner Name Meaning and History
- status name for a steward on an farm or estate (see Hoffmann).
- German (Höffner): status name for a prosperous small farmer, from an agent noun derivative of Middle Low German huove, a measure of land. Compare German Huber.
- German: variant spelling of Hofner, habitational name from any of several places called Hof.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hopfer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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