Capstaff Family History
Capstaff Name Meaning
perhaps an altered form of Capstack ; itself a variant of Copestake . While the surname may appear on comparison with Copestake to derive from Middle English coupen ‘to cut’ + staf ‘stick of wood rod’ this is unlikely as no medieval bearers of such a name have been found. Compare Francis Capstack 1731 in
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021