Holter Family History

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southeastern Norway from the indefinite plural of holt ‘holt small wood’ (see Holt). North German (also Hölter): habitational name for someone from any of several places in Westphalia called Hölt and Holt (see Holt).

Compare Hoelter. North German (also Hölter): habitational name from any of the places called Holter or Hölter. Compare Hoelter.

English (Sussex): topographic name for a ‘dweller by the wood’ from an agent derivative of Middle English holt ‘grove wood’.