Trenkamp Family History
Trenkamp Name Meaning
Altered form of German Threnkamp a topographic name for someone living by a hummocky field from Middle Low German trint ‘round hump’ + kamp ‘enclosed field domain’. The element trint occurs frequently in field and placenames such as Drentwede (Hanover) Trendelenburg (Westphalia). German: perhaps also a topographic name from Middle High German tren ‘drone bumblebee’ + kamp ‘field domain’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022