The kelch Surname
kelch Name Meaning and History
- nickname from Middle High German kelch ‘double chin’, ‘goiter’.
- from another meaning of Middle High German kelch ‘glass’, ‘chalice’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a chalice maker or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a chalice.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Sarah Jane Kelch Roe Cronin |
 TobiShields
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| Kelch/Steiner | Gretchen | 1 |
| Catherine Kelch |
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| KELCH IN AR. | RON CAMP | 3 |
| Kelch Ancestry | Robert Storey | 8 |
| Kelch in MI |
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| Laurence and John Kelch |
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| David Kelch + Gosnell |
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| Looking for more leads on Otto Kelch 1891- 1983 |
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| Mathias Kelsch |
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