The kasdorf Surname
kasdorf Name Meaning and History
- In all probability a Germanized spelling of Karsdorp, the name of a prominent Dutch Mennonite family in Leiden, some of which reportedly moved to Hamburg, Germany.
- German: habitational name from places in Saxony or former West Prussia called Kasdorf or Kastorf, named with the Rhineland dialect word Kas, Kos ‘copse of young oaks’ + Old High German dorf, thorf ‘village’.
- (Käsdorf): habitational name from any of several places in Lower Saxony named Käsdorf.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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