Family name origins & meanings
- North German (standardized from Steenhoff) : from Middle Low German stēn ‘stone’ + hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’; a topographic name for someone whose farm had stony soil or was distinguished by some conspicuous boulder or rocky outcrop.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Stein ‘stone’ + Hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’, ‘court’.