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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Respelling of German Deischer : in southern Germany, a derogatory nickname for a peasant, from Swabian Deisch ‘dung’, Middle High German teisch.
  • Respelling of German Deischer : possibly a dialect variant of Deutscher.
  • Respelling of German Deischer : from a short form of an old personal name, Deisch.

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