page_title: Berkhoff (surname)
hierarchical_section_title: Berkhoff (surname)
context_page_description: Berkhof or Berkhoff is a surname from Dutch and German origin. The name falls under the so-called farm names. Such a name served as an address in a time when street names were not commonly used. The name has two meanings. In the Netherlands that is 'birch-farm' or 'birch-farmhouse'. To leave no doubt there would have stood one or more birch tree in the yard. In Germany the name means 'farm on a hill'. The name is here a variant of the surname Berghoff.
context_section_description: Berkhof or Berkhoff is a surname from Dutch and German origin. The name falls under the so-called farm names. Such a name served as an address in a time when street names were not commonly used. The name has two meanings. In the Netherlands that is 'birch-farm' or 'birch-farmhouse'.  To leave no doubt there would have stood one or more birch tree(s) in the yard. In Germany the name means 'farm on a hill'. The name is here a variant of the surname Berghoff.
caption: A strikingly (birch-)tree could become an address defining feature
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