Esch Family History
Esch Name Meaning
German:: habitational name from any of several places called Esch from Old High German asc ‘ash’ or a topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent ash tree. from Middle High German ezzisch ‘communally owned seeded field’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived by an area where grain was grown or perhaps a status name for someone who owned such land. altered form of Swiss German Oesch a cognate of the above. This surname in any of the possible senses and origins is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Ash Eash and Esh .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
