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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (of Slavic origin) : from a pet form (e.g. Czech Pešl) of the Slavic personal name Peš (see Pesch 2), common in Lower Silesia, Upper Lausitz, Saxony.

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