The stauffer Surname
stauffer Name Meaning and History
- occupational name for a maker or seller of beakers or mugs, from an agent derivative of Middle High German stouf ‘beaker’, ‘stoup’.
- habitational name for someone from any of the various minor places named with this word, for example Stauf, Staufen; the reference is to hills thought to resemble a beaker in shape.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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