Overholt Family History
Overholt Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Oberholtzer and probably also of German Oberholz a topographic name from Middle High German ober ‘above’ (or German ober- ‘upper’) + holz ‘wood’. Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Overholt a compound of over ‘upper’ and holt ‘grove wood’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022