Berkheimer Family History
Berkheimer Name Meaning
South German:: habitational name for someone from either of two places called Berkheim near Biberach and near Esslingen in Württemberg. The placename is a compound of Old High German berg ‘mountain hill’ + the common suffix of placenames -heim (related to English home). in some cases possibly a habitational name for someone from any of various places in Hesse and Alsace named Bergheim.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022