Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from a place near Lingen in East Friesland named Gersten.
  • German : variant of Gerst.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name or metonymic occupational name from German Gersten ‘barley’ (see 2).

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe