The fahnestock Surname
fahnestock Name Meaning and History
German: apparently from Fahnestock, literally ‘flag pole’,
but according to family history an altered form of Fahrenstuck
(Fahrenstück), which is a 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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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