Kolstad Family History
Kolstad Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads especially in Østlandet named Kolstad from the Old Norse personal name Kolr meaning ‘coal black complexion’ or Kollr meaning ‘round skull bald head’ + stathr ‘farmstead dwelling’. Altered form of German Kohlstädt a habitational name from a place so named near Paderborn in Westphalia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022