Fahnestock Family History
Fahnestock Name Meaning
Altered form of North German Fahrenstück: topographic name either from Middle Low German vor(n) ‘swamp bog’ or from the fused preposition and definite article vorn ‘before the in front of the’ + Middle High German stück ‘piece (of land) field’. In German Fahnestock means literally ‘flag pole’. The surname Fahrenstück is very rare in Germany.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022