Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized spelling of German Felsch : nickname from Middle High German vals ‘false’.
- Americanized spelling of German Felsch : in eastern Germany, from the Slavic personal name Velislav (from velij ‘big’), which became Velisch, Felsch.
- Americanized spelling of German Felsch : variant of North German Fölsch, Völsch, based on the Frisian-Low German personal name Fölske, Völske (from the common name component volc ‘people’, ‘tribe’); unrounding of -ö- to -e- changes Fölsch to Felsch.