Hofstätter: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Spellings drift, and Hofstätter is where Hofstetter drifted for some families. Its meaning, shared with Hofstetter, is “Someone from Hofstetten or Hofstetter, a farmstead place”. Hofstätter writes “ä” in place of the “e” found in Hofstetter, a common scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Hoffstetter and Hofstetten.

There is no single Hofstätter family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Hofstätter report, with a museum-style coat of arms.