Asch

Family name origins & meanings

• North German : from a Middle Low German personal name, Asc, originally meaning ‘spearman’ (see Ash).
• German : habitational name from any of various minor places named with asch ‘ash (tree)’. Compare Ascher.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Ash.
• English : variant spelling of Ash. See also Asche.