Frisch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany
Israel

Etymology of Frisch

What does the name Frisch mean?

The family name of a Jew was typically left to the individual person up until the end of the 18th century. Majority, especially in Germany and eastern Europe, still followed the custom having their father’s name included in their name. Whereas, Jews in Spain, Portugal, and Italy had already adopted the practice of using fixed family names. 1

The name Frisch comes from the Yiddish word "frish" meaning, "fresh."

Frisch Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Frischman, Frische, Frisch, Fresco, Frishman, Fryszer, Frischling and many more.

Frisch Ranking

In the United States, the name Frisch is the 7,981^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Frisch migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Frisch Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johan Frisch, who arrived in New York in 1709 3
Johann Gasper Frisch, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1793 3

Frisch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Joh. Peter Frisch, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Washington"
William Frisch, who arrived in Iowa in 1887 3
Peter Frisch, aged 29, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 3
Johann Frisch, aged 23, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 3

Frisch Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Jacob Frisch, who landed in New York, NY in 1902 3
August Frisch, who landed in Wisconsin in 1923 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Frisch (post 1700) +

Frankie Frisch (1898-1973), American Major League Baseball player
David H. Frisch (1918-1991), American physicist
David Frisch Jr. (b. 1970), American football player
John Frisch (b. 1871), American politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 2nd District, 1917-18; Member of Minnesota State Senate 2nd District, 1923-26 4
Johan Dalgas Frisch (1930-2024), Brazilian engineer and ornithologist
Otto Robert Frisch (1904-1979), Austrian-British physicist who co-designed the first theoretical mechanism for the detonation of an atomic bomb in 1940
Max Frisch (1911-1991), Swiss architect, playwright, and novelist
Karl von Frisch (1886-1982), Austrian ethnologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973
Irene Frisch, Holocaust survivor and author

Historic Events for the Frisch family +

HMAS Sydney II

Mr. Ernest Dudley Frisch (1920-1941), Australian Able Seaman from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, who sailed into battle aboard HMAS Sydney II and died in the sinking 5

Sources +

Kaganoff, Benzion C. A Dictionary of Jewish names and their history. Schocken Books, 1977. Digital
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Roll of Honour. (Retrieved 2014, April 24) . Retrieved from http://www.findingsydney.com/roll.asp