Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized form of German Settelmeier : North German (Oldenburg; Settelmeier): distinguishing nickname for the tenant farmer (see Meyer) of a principal farm or estate (Middle Low German sadel(hof)).
- Americanized form of German Settelmeier : distinguishing nickname for the tenant farmer (see Meyer) of an estate that was required to furnish a saddled horse (Middle High German satel, sadel ‘saddle’) in time of war.