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Origin of Off Total Records: 36  Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: These variants and others all go back to Christopher Frederick Banzhaf who came to America from Gerstteten, Germany in the 1760's. He changed the name originally to Benchhoof. Surnames: Banzhaf, Benchoff, Benshoff, Benshoof Submitted by: Barton A. Benshoof Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: English, immigrating to America in 1638, settling in Georgetown, Mass. Surnames: Spafard, Spafford, Spaford, Spofford Submitted by: Nancy Spafford Fricker Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Hoffman name is based on profession, trades occupations. The German term 'HOF' can mean a farmstead, also court. 'Jews at court' were called 'Hofjuden' in German and 'court jews' in English. They were in finance, commerce, and diplomacy'. Hoffmann is a Jewish name from the 1808 in Eastern France and 1813 in Mecklenburg,Germany. This name is taken from a Hebrew given name Tikvah (Hope) abbreviation of 'Hoffnung' the German for hope in which case Hof(f)mann could mean 'hopeful man Surnames: Gofman, Hoffman, Hofman Submitted by: Rose Hoffman Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Originally from Russia, then Alsace Loranne, France Surnames: Marzloff, Marzolf Submitted by: Sean Marzolf Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: The Eoff name is actually of a miss-spelling of the name Off about the year 1710, when the family first came over during the Palatine Emmigration. Anyone with the name Eoff, all descend from the same person. Surnames: Eoff Submitted by: Denise Doyle Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Johannes Jakob Koppenhoffer (b. 27 NOV 1705)arrived in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania with Palantines aboard the ship 'Robert and Alice' September 11, 1738. Settled in Earl Township (New Holland), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jacob emmigrated from Mechesheim, Baden, Germany. Married Elizabeth Catharina Weider on 03 Jul 1736 in Germany. Children immagrated to Shennandoah Valley, Virginia, Greenbrier and Nicholas Counties in West Virginia, with descendants in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Name was changed by children to Copenhaver. Surnames: Copenhaver, Koppenhoffer Submitted by: David L. Copenhaver Sr. Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Does anyone know if the Bischoff family tree is one big tree with many branchs or a bunch of different trees? does the Bischoffs have a coat of arms? Surnames: Bischoff Submitted by: Angela Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: looking for info. on Solomon moffis, and Josephine Bell. need to find out who Eliza Moffis married. Any help is greatly appreciated. Surnames: Moffis Submitted by: Natalie Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Descendants of Cornelius Reinecker (1823-??) and Susan Leavey Watson...from ?? to Adams County to York County, PA. Surnames: Benchoff Submitted by: Erin McCleaf-Bolling Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Russia to New York City: Olanoff, Olanofsky, Ulanoff, Oulanoff, etc. Families of Joseph & Sarah (Levine)immigrated to NYC from Russia... Surnames: Olanoff Submitted by: Darlene Levy Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: looking for Mendenahll,Fowler, Hoyd, Johnson Surnames: Penticoff Submitted by: Bev Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: SARAH ANN MOFFITT married GEORGE M. MARTIN ca:1859 probably Wayne Co, IL seeking descendants/relatives/info Will share e-mail: elhzm@tir.com Surnames: MOFFITT Submitted by: Laura L. Horton (Martin) Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: moscoffian Surnames: moscoffian Submitted by: Amy Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Son of John E. & Mary E. Wikoff Surnames: Wikoff Submitted by: Robert E. Wikoff Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: I am looking for the family of Geraldine Marie Hoff, born February 28, 1932. She married Harry Rhoades on June 10, 1957. According to the information that was given to me they had two sons 1. James Edward (b) June 24, 1958 2. Raymond Joseph (b) May 29, 1959 Surnames: Hoff Submitted by: Mary (Hoff) Wolf Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Searching for info prior to 1805, PA, or MD, my last link is William Orndoff b. 1805. Any German immigration ? Surnames: Orndoff Submitted by: Kevin C. Orndoff Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Jewish-German Surnames: Shopher, Shofer, Shoffer Submitted by: Carol Melton Jones Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Keevil Surnames: Coffey Submitted by: Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Literally translated from Russian = of judge Meaning = the judge's offspring Surnames: Dienoff Submitted by: Randy Stone Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Soffa is one of the English variations of the French name Sauve.I've found thirty English name variations of this French name in North America alone. Surnames: Soffa, Sophy, Sauve Submitted by: Larry Sovey Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Offerton Old English origin means town or dwelling of a man called Offa Surnames: Offerton Submitted by: glitz Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Origin Russin Surnames: Rudoff Submitted by: Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Roots from Russian/Ukranian word for "earth" or "ground" Alternatively may be derived from Russian word for kinsman Surnames: Zemlicoff Submitted by: Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: the name moffa is italian Surnames: moffa Submitted by: Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Swan, a Russian surname Name meaning Swan, or as in Russian, Lebed Surnames: Lebed, Lebedeff, Lebedoff Submitted by: Dann Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: "Jaffe" means "beautiful" in Hebrew. See entry in "The Jewish Encyclopedia." Surnames: Jaffe, Yoffe, Joffe Submitted by: Ann Jaffe Pace Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: There is a community in Germany called Pfaffenrot. Pfaffenrot is also a reference to a Cardinal's red coat. Surnames: Pfaffenroth, Paffenroth, Poffenroth Submitted by: Brad Jones Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: pig farmer Surnames: dickerhoff Submitted by: Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Earliest appearance of the SULOUFF surname is in the 1783 tax record for Brecknock Twp., Berks Co. Pa., where it is spelled SULOUF. Prior to that time it was spelled ZULAUF or ZULAUFF, and it was brought to America by a Hessian soldier named Johannes ZULAUF who arrived at Staten Island 15 August 1776. The surname ZULAUF is the German noun 'crowd' or 'throng' and the German verb 'run to.' The surname went through slightly variant spellings in Berks Co. and York Co. Pa. between 1783 and 1802, and finally it settled to the spelling SULOUFF in Mifflin (now Juniata) Co. after 1802. Two sons continued using the spelling SULOUFF while two sons simplified the surname to SULOFF. These two spellings continue among descendants to this day (January 2005). Surnames: ZULAUF, SULOUFF, SULOFF Submitted by: Nelson R. Sulouff Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: russia Surnames: chertoff Submitted by: Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: My grandparents came to the USA from Macedonia in the very early 1900's. It is my understanding that their name was Konev and was changed in the translation. Surnames: Konoff Submitted by: Mike Konoff Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: The Origin In medieval times the chief messenger of The Netherlands imperial court was a "Brenger." This, combined with "hof" (court) founded the family name of "Brengerhof," later changed to "Brinkerhoff." (from The Joliet (IL) Herald News, August 1936) ?1936 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. The Spelling As far as can be ascertained, the "c" as in Brinckerhoff, has never been used in Holland. At the present time the family in the Netherlands use only one "f", spelling the name Brinkerhof. For reasons unknown, our ancestor, Joris Dircksen, added the "c" to his surname when he came to America and settled on Long Island. His older son, Hendrick, when he moved to New Jersey, dropped the "c" and reverted to the original spelling. The descendants of the younger son, Abraham, who remained on Long Island and upstate New York, tended to retain the "c". But since at least two-thirds of the family in America are descended from Hendrick, the spelling without the "c" is much more wide-spread, and many of Abraham's descendants have also dropped the "c" from the name. The usage is far from consistent, and we have found instances where in the same immediate family, one brother uses the "c" and another does not. We have found only two instances where descendants of Hendrick have used the "c" in their names. The name is sometimes spelled Brinkerhoff or Brinkerhuf, and in one case Van Blinkerhoff. Surnames: Brinkerhoff Submitted by: Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: Origin of SULOFF in Pennsylvania derives from ZULAUF, the surname of a Hessian soldier who arrived in America in 1776. In 1779 he became a POW in Reading Pa. First change of spelling for his surname to SULOUF is found in tax record for Robeson Twp., Berks Co. PA in 1783. First change of spelling among descendants to SULOFF is found in Mifflin Co. (now Juniata Co.) about 1840. Original meaning of ZULAUF is German word for "run together" or "run toward" and possibly is a place-related surname based upon conjunction of a trail or juncture of streams in the province of Hesse-Cassel (now Germany). Surnames: ZULAUF, SULOUFF, SULOFF Submitted by: Rev. Nelson R. Sulouff Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: My Great-grandfather immigrated from Syria around 1893. We believe that before he came over, his surname was Suffi or a variation of that. When he reached Ellis Island, it was changed to Soffa. Surnames: Soffa, Suffi Submitted by: Janel Soffa Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: A Warrener: A keeper of rabbit warrens or gamekeeper Surnames: Proffitt Submitted by: Jim Origin of Off, Meaning of Off Origin: croff Surnames: croff Submitted by: croff 2/17/2012 11:12 AM Page 1 of 1

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