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The hirschfeld Surname

hirschfeld Name Meaning and History

  1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name composed of German Hirsch or Yiddish hirsh ‘deer’ + Feld ‘field’.
  2. German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area of land frequented by deer (from Middle High German hirz ‘deer’ + feld ‘open country’) or where millet (Middle High German hirs(e)) grew.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The hirschfeld name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hirschfeld family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hirschfeld Families in the US in 1920
Number of hirschfeld families
 22-41
 8-21		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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