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Type Surname (from occupation & from location)

Meaning & History

Means "founder" in Middle High German, from stiften "to bring about, endow, donate", a name for a tenant farmer on previously unoccupied land, or a habitational name from the related word Stift meaning "endowed monastery, secular convent, church foundation".
Added 1/8/2019 by TheCrowAdvise
Edited 9/15/2024 by jocatchi