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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German storch ‘stork’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Storch ‘stork’, one of the many Jewish surnames taken from bird names.

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