Finster Family History
Finster Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German finster ‘dark gloomy’ or Yiddish fintster (Middle High German vinster). The name may have referred to a person's habitual character or it may have been acquired as a result of some now irrecoverable anecdote. German: topographic name for someone living in a dark wood.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022