Salter Family History
Salter Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an extractor or seller of salt (a precious commodity in medieval times) from Middle English salter(e) ‘producer or seller of salt’. There may have been some post-medieval confusion with Souter ; see also Saltman . English: occupational name from Middle English sautreour ‘minstrel player of the psaltery (a stringed musical instrument)’ (Old French sautere ‘psaltery’ Latin psalterium Greek psaltērion from psallein ‘to sound’). Compare Rutter . German: northern variant of Salzer . Americanized form of French Salois .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022