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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Slavic persk ‘perch’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.
  • German : from Sorbian pjersk ‘bass’ (fish), probably a nickname or an occupational name for a fish dealer.

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