Bockhorst Family History
Bockhorst Name Meaning
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of the places called Bockhorst (in northern Germany) or Bokhorst (in the Netherlands) so named with Middle Low German bōke ‘beech tree’ + horst hurst ‘thicket undergrowth’. This form of the surname is not found in the Netherlands anymore.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022