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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and North German : occupational name for a joiner, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch tesch ‘table’ (compare German Tescher, Tischler).
  • Dutch and North German : from an agent derivative of Middle Low German tasche ‘purse’ (compare German Taschner).
  • Dutch : occupational name for a weaver, from French Tessier.
  • Jewish : unexplained.

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