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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : occupational name for a falconer or hunter, from an agent derivative of Middle High German beizen ‘to hunt with falcons’, early modern German beissen. Compare Beiser.
  • South German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name, related to Old High German bittan ‘to ask for’ or bītan ‘to endure or withstand’.

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