Kolter Family History

Kolter Name Meaning

German:

metonymic occupational name for a maker of quilts and comforters, from Middle High German kulter, kolter ‘quilt’ (from Latin culcitra).

from Middle High German, Middle Low German kolter ‘plowshare’ (from Latin culter), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of plows or for a plowman. Compare Colter .

Similar surnames:

Kolter,

Colter,

Culter,

Kolterman

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Germany

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United States

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Hungary

47 people in Family Tree

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