Hornstra Family History
Hornstra Name Meaning
West Frisian: habitational name composed with the suffix -stra from Old Frisian sittera ‘inhabitant of’ for someone from any of several places called Ho(o)rn or from a compound placename with the element horn ‘horn spur of land’ (see Horn ) for instance Oldehorne and Nieuwehorne near Heerenveen.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022