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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : from a short form of the female personal name Heseke, a pet form of Hedwig, composed of the Germanic elements hadu ‘battle’ + wīg ‘fight’.
  • North German : nickname for a person with a rasping voice, from Middle High German hēsch ‘hoarse’.

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