First Family History
First Name Meaning
German: variant of Fürst (see Furst ) and in North America (also) an altered form of this. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from Yiddish first ‘prince’. Slovenian and Croatian (Firšt): nickname from firšt ‘prince’ an archaic or dialect loanword from German Fürst (see Furst and above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022