Pfeiffer Family History
Pfeiffer Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of Middle High German pfīf(e) German Pfeife ‘pipe’ hence an occupational name for a piper whistler. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) the Netherlands Denmark and some other European countries; see also 2 below. Compare Fifer Peifer Pfeifer and Pfieffer . Germanized form of various Slavic adaptations of the German surname (see 1 above) such as Slovenian Fajfar and Pfajfar Czech Fajfr and Faifr. Compare Fifer .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022