Stauffer Family History
Stauffer Name Meaning
South German:: occupational name for a maker or seller of beakers or mugs from an agent derivative of Middle High German stouf ‘beaker stoup’. habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called with this word for example Stauf Staufen; the reference is to hills thought to resemble a beaker in shape. Compare Stouffer .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022