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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Respelling of German Fasch : in Westphalia, a nickname for a lively person, from Low German fasch, fersk.
  • Respelling of German Fasch : in southern Germany, possibly a metonymic occupational name, from Middle High German fasch(e) ‘band’, ‘bandage’, or a nickname for a soft, weak person.

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