Pester Family History
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Pester Name Meaning
English (Devon), Dutch, and German: occupational name for a baker, from Anglo-Norman French pestour, pistour, Middle Dutch pester, pister ‘baker’ (Old French pestor, pesteur, German Pistor, from Latin pistor). Jewish (Ashkenazic): unexplained. Possibly a habitational name from someone from Pest, the eastern half of the city of Budapest, Hungary.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Paster, Tester, Poster, Petter, Nester, Bester, Lester, Peter, Wester