Holter Family History
Holter Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southeastern Norway from the indefinite plural of holt ‘holt small wood’ (see Holt ). North German (also Hölter): habitational name for someone from any of several places in Westphalia called Hölt and Holt (see Holt ). Compare Hoelter . North German (also Hölter): habitational name from any of the places called Holter or Hölter. Compare Hoelter . English (Sussex): topographic name for a ‘dweller by the wood’ from an agent derivative of Middle English holt ‘grove wood’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022