Offer Family History

English (of Norman origin): occupational name from Middle English orfrer ‘maker of orphrey or gold embroidery’ from Old French orfreis medieval Latin aufrisium a modification of Late Latin auriphyrigium ‘Phrygian gold’ (the Phrygians being famed in antiquity for their gold embroidery). Compare Officer.

English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a goldsmith from Old French orfevre ‘goldsmith’ (from Latin aurifaber from aurum ‘gold’ + faber ‘maker’). Compare French Fèvre (see Lefevre).

German: variant of Off.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Opfer and Hoffer.