Elfers Family History
Elfers Name Meaning
German and Dutch: genitivized patronymic from Elfert from an ancient Germanic personal name which is a compound of alf elf ‘ghost sprite’ and a second component such as hard ‘hardy strong’ heri ‘army’ wart ‘guard’ or from Elferik from alf/elf + rīhhi ‘powerful’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022