Haft Family History
Haft Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker and seller of various sorts of clamps and fastenings from Middle High German haft ‘clasp’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an embroiderer from Yiddish haft ‘embroidery’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022