German : of uncertain origin; possibly a habitational name from
a place named Hosenfeld near Fulda (Hesse), or a topographic name
(Hossfeld), a derivative of Hose ‘hose’, denoting a
field shaped like a leg or a pair of legs (see Hose).
Possibly an altered spelling of English Horsfield.
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