Hofstad Family History
Hofstad Name Meaning
Dutch (also Van der Hofstad): habitational name for someone from any of several farms so named from hofstad hofstede ‘homestead farmstead’. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named most of them from Old Norse hof ‘sacrificial temple’ + stathir ‘farmstead dwelling’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022