can anyone tell me the origin/meaning of the surnames Gaither/Milstead/Craft/Reaves?

Question

i was wondering if anyone could tell me what country of origin the surnames Gaither/Milstead/Craft/Reaves are?

Answer 1

craft
English: variant of Croft.
Americanized spelling of Kraft.

gaither
English: occupational name from Middle English gaytere ‘goatherd’, an agent derivative of Middle English gayte ‘goat’ (a northern spelling of Old English gat, or from the related Old Norse word geit).

milstead
English: habitational name from Milstead in Kent, perhaps so named from Middle English middel ‘middle’ + stede ‘place’.

reaves
English: variant spelling of Reeves

reeves
patronymic from Reeve.
topographic name for someone who lived on the margin of a wood, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves ‘at the edge’ (Old English æt þære efese).

Reeve
English (most common in East Anglia): from Middle English reeve, an occupational name for a steward or bailiff, the precise character of whose duties varied from place to place and at different periods.

Answer 2

I believe that the Gaithers were originally from England. There also a Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Answer 3

The Krafts in my family are from Germany. Of course, there are spelling variants for every family name: Kraft/Craft, Reeves/Reaves, etc.