A German surname, Westerhold comes from the Middle Low German terms of ‘wester’ and ‘holt’ which refer to someone west of a village living near the woods. A variation in spelling Westerhold is Westerholt. In the southwest region of Germany is where most with the Westerhold name have lived for centuries. Within the United States the Westerhold name is mostly in the mid-west area, around Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri and then into Pennsylvania. Famous: James Westerhold (Manager for Firelands Broadcasting and radio WLKR in Ohio) and William Westerhold (awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War).