as a Last Name
- 17,586
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Hirsch
Meaning & Origins
German: from Middle High German hir(t)z ‘deer’, ‘stag’; a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of deer, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a deer or stag, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a stag.
| 1,758th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,586
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Hirsch per capita
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