Muster Family History
Muster Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a producer or seller of ‘most’ unfermented grape juice fruit wine from Middle Low German must most Middle High German most (see Most ). Germanized form of Sorbian Mostar (see Moster ) a cognate of 4 below. English: variant of Musters a habitational name of Norman origin from Les Moutiers-Hubert in Calvados France. Slovenian: occupational or topographic name derived from must a dialect variant of most ‘bridge’ denoting a bridge keeper or someone who lived near a bridge. Dutch: possibly a variant of Mustert an occupational name for a maker or seller of mustard (see Mostert ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022