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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Taschner, Täschner) : from an agent derivative of Middle High German tasche ‘purse’, ‘pouch’, ‘bag’ (genitive taschen), an occupational name for a maker of these, which were hung from the belt or carried on the back in the Middle Ages as garments had no pockets then.

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