North German (Lower Rhine): from pesch ‘pasture’,
‘meadow’ (Latin pascuum), a topographic name for someone living
by pastureland, or a habitational name from places so called in the
Rhineland and Cologne.
Eastern German: from Peš, a
Slavic short form of the personal name Peter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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