The lotspeich Surname
lotspeich Name Meaning and History
- possibly from Bavarian lott ‘mud’ + speich ‘spittle’, ‘moist dirt’, either a topographic name for someone who lived on land in a muddy area or a nickname for someone who had a dirty appearance.
- alternatively, a metonymic occupational nickname for a wheelwright who made sloppy spokes, from Middle High German loter ‘loose’ + speich ‘spoke (of a wheel)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| My grandaunt Jesse |
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| LOTSPEICH Virginia B and Richard S |
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| Clarence Lotspeich |
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| LOTSPEICH Luella Bobbie 1900-1984 |
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| LOTSPEICH Bertie 1898-1985 |
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| LOTSPEICH Della 1896-1984 |
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| John Christopher Lotspeich |
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| Edward Lothspeich bio | Katie C. Wells | 1 |
| Charles Lothspeich Sr Biography | Katie C. Wells | 9 |
| Lotspeichs in the Civil War | Eric Lotspeich | 6 |
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