Hofmeister Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Many Hofmeister families will find their roots under Hoffmeister, the form most records use.

Hofmeister drops the “f” of Hoffmeister, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Arms linked to Hoffmeister and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Hofmeister family name pack.