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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German Hirsch or Yiddish hirsh ‘deer’ + Feld ‘field’.
  • German : topographic name for someone who lived in an area of land frequented by deer (from Middle High German hirz ‘deer’ + feld ‘open country’) or where millet (Middle High German hirs(e)) grew.

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