Overstreet Family History
Overstreet Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of Flemish Overstraete: topographic name for someone who lived ‘on the other side of the street’ or a habitational name from a place so named. This surname was brought to North America from England. Possibly also an Americanized form of German Oberstrass: topographic name from a field so named in particular one near Wermelskirchen in Rhineland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022