The stoehr Surname
stoehr Name Meaning and History
- from Middle Low German store ‘sturgeon’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught or sold sturgeon, or a nickname for someone with some supposed resemblance to the fish.
- occasionally, a topographic name for someone who lived by the Stör river in Holstein (See Stohr).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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