Hostetter Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

In old registers, Hostetter often stands in for Hostetler. Like many surnames, it began with a place: “From the high homestead”.

Hostetter coat of arms

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Spelling and variants

Hostetter writes “t” in place of the “l” found in Hostetler, a typical scribal difference. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Hochstetler.

About 4,960 people in the United States were recorded as Hostetter in 2010, placing it 6,799 on the national list. From 1891 to 2000, 126 births in France were registered under Hostetter. For the full story, order the Hostetter surname pack.