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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : most likely a topographic name for a personal who lived by or owned an area of pasture, from Middle High German esban, espan ‘pasture’ (Bavarian and Swabian Espan).
  • North German and Danish : variant of Jesper, Low German and Danish form of Kaspar.

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