Dockstader Family History
Dockstader Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a landing from Middle Low German docke ‘dock’ + stade ‘embankment shore’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. In some cases it may have been an occupational name for a docker since stade also denoted a granary or warehouse. This surname has apparently died out in Germany. Compare Doxtater and Doxtator .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022