2-637: Stouffer is an Americanized spelling of the German surname Stauffer , occupational name for a maker or seller of beakers or mugs. Stouffer may refer to: Stauffer (disambiguation) Stauffer (also commonly spelled " Stouffer " and " Stover " in North America) is a German surname, the origin of which derives from the Proto-German word staupa , meaning "steep." Staupa and its Middle High German descendant, stouf , evolved to mean, among other things,
4-478: A steep hill or mountain. Many of these hills and mountains serve as the basis for the names of such places as Donaustauf , Hohenstaufen , Staufenberg , Regenstauf , Staufen im Breisgau , and the Staufens of Switzerland and Austria . Stauffer surnames derive from these hills. The Swiss Mennonite Stauffers common in the U.S. and Canada derive their name from a hill called Stouffe or Stauffenalp just southwest of
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