Postma Family History
Postma Name Meaning
West Frisian and Dutch:: variant of Post formed with the Frisian suffix -ma originally denoting ‘(one of the) men of’. variant of Posthuma . topographic name derived from post ‘bridge’ as in the placename Buitenpost formed with the same Frisian suffix as in 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022