Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword room.
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room meaning
Aldershof Dutch
Means "Aldert's courtyard" from the given name Aldert combined with Dutch hof "yard, court".
Appelhof Dutch
Indicated a person who lived by or at an apple garden, from Dutch appel "apple" and hof "yard, court".
Bauers German
Variant of Bauer.
Baumann German, Jewish
From Middle High German bumann meaning "farmer, builder".
Beckenbauer German
Means "farmer living by a stream" in German.
Beethoven Dutch (Archaic)
From a place name derived from Dutch beet "beet, beetroot" and hoven "farms". This name was borne by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), whose family was of Flemish origin. The surname is now mostly extinct.
Beyersdorf German
Means "farmers village", from German Bauer meaning "farmer" and Dorf meaning "village".
Boer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bauer.
Bower English
From Old English bur meaning "dwelling, room".
Bowers English
Variant of Bower.
Buhr Low German
Low German form of Bauer.
Chambers English
From Old French chambre meaning "chamber, room", an occupational name for a person who worked in the inner rooms of a mansion.
Corti Italian
From Italian corte meaning "court, yard".
Courtois French
French form of Curtis.
Cucinotta Italian
Derived from a diminutive of Italian cucina meaning "kitchen".
De Boer Dutch
Dutch cognate of Bauer.
Hall English, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Means simply "hall", given to one who either lived in or worked in a hall (the house of a medieval noble).
Halle German
German variant of Hall.
Hoefler German
Variant of Hofer.
Hofer German
Occupational name for a farmer, from German Hof "farm", from Old High German hof "yard, court".
Hoffmann German
From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".
Höfler German
Variant of Hofer.
Hofmeister German
Means "master of the household", from Old High German hof "yard, court, house" and meistar "master" (from Latin magister).
Sala Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Romanian
Occupational name for a worker at a manor house, from the Romance word sala meaning "hall, large room", of Germanic origin.
Stuber German
Occupational name for the owner of an inn, derived from Old High German stuba "room".
Zaal Dutch
Means "hall" in Dutch.