Esch Family History

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.