Berhorst Family History
Berhorst Name Meaning
German (North Rhine-Westphalia): habitational name referring to a placename probably a farm name Middle Low German bēr ‘bear’ + horst ‘underbrush tree stand thicket’ probably located in the Soest-Gütersloh-Paderborn region where the surname is concentrated nowadays. Compare Barhorst .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022