Kirsch (family name)
Kirsch is a German family name . The name was first attested in 1330 and again in 1349 as Kirs . The cherry version appeared for the first time in 1522 . The name is a home name to the Middle High German word Kerse and Early New High German Kirse . It means cherry in the sense of cherry tree or as a nickname or indirect professional name cherry seller .
distribution
Around 8,000 families in Germany and Austria bear this name. It is particularly common in Saarland .
Name bearer
A.
- Alex Kirsch (* 1992), Luxembourgish cyclist
- Alexander Kirsch (* 1966), German corporate and economic manager
- Alexandra Kirsch (* 1980), German media IT specialist and university professor
- Angelina Kirsch (* 1988), German plus-size model
- Arnold Kirsch (1922–2013), German mathematician
- August Kirsch (sports official) (actually Augustin Kirsch ; 1925–1993), German athlete, sports scientist and sports official
- August Theodor Kirsch senior (1862–1931), Austrian newspaper editor
- August Theodor Kirsch junior (1902–1959), Austrian newspaper editor
B.
- Benedikt Kirsch (* 1996), German soccer player
- Bernd Kirsch (* 1965), German alternative practitioner
- Bernhard Kirsch (1853–1931), German civil engineer and university professor
- Botho Kirsch (* 1927), German journalist
C.
- Christine Kirsch (* 1968), German lawyer
- Christopher Kirsch (* 1968), German polo player
D.
- Dieter Kirsch (* 1940), German lutenist and music professor
- Dirk-Michael Kirsch (* 1965), German musician and composer
E.
- Eberhard Kirsch (* 1947), German prehistorian
- Ernst Kirsch (1916–1990), German urologist and university professor
- Ernst Otto Johannes Kirsch (1831–1887), German major general
F.
- Franz Kirsch (1901–1944), German politician (KPD) and resistance fighter
- Friedrich von Kirsch (1861–1931), Austrian major general
- Friedrich Kirsch (* before 1930), German homeland researcher
- Fritz Kirsch (1903–1940), German politician (KPD) and resistance fighter
G
- Georg Wilhelm von Kirsch (1752–1829), German high school teacher
- Gerhard Kirsch (1890–1956), Austrian physicist
- Guy Kirsch (* 1938), Luxembourg economist and social scientist
H
- Hans-Jürgen Kirsch (* 1960), German economist
- Hans Vollrath Kirsch (1886–1953), German poet and painter
- Heinrich Kirsch (1837–1917), Austrian bookseller
- Helene Kirsch (1906–1999), German politician (KPD, SED)
- Horst Kirsch (soccer player, 1933) (* 1933), German soccer player (Jena)
- Horst Kirsch (soccer player, 1939) (1939-2018), German soccer player (Neunkirchen, Völklingen, Bad Kreuznach)
- Hugo Franz Kirsch (1873–1961), Austrian sculptor
J
- J. Christian B. Kirsch (* 1943), initiator, founder and general secretary of the International Delphic Council
- Jens J. Kirsch (* 1939), German surgeon, cultural politician and art collector
- Joachim Kirsch (* 1958), German anatomist, cell biologist and university professor
- Johann Peter Kirsch (1861–1941), Luxembourg archaeologist and church historian
- Johann Viktor Kirsch (1891-1946), German SS-Hauptscharführer
- Johanna Kirsch (1856-?), German painter
- Johannes Kirsch (politician) (1891–1951), German politician (KPD) and resistance fighter
- Johannes Kirsch (officer) (* 1902), German officer and intelligence officer
- Johannes Kirsch (sculptor) (1930–2015), German sculptor
- Johannes Kirsch (table football player) (* 1982), German table football player
- Josef Kirsch (1898–?), Austrian writer
K
- Karl Kirsch (* 1938), German physiologist and university professor
- Kira Kirsch (* 1972), German movement artist and theater director
L.
- Ludwig Kirsch (1891–1950), German politician (center, CDU)
M.
- Manfred Kirsch (* 1944), German soccer player
- Martin Kirsch (* 1965), German historian and university professor
- Maximilian Kirsch (1891–19 ??), German businessman and travel writer
N
- Nicola Kirsch (* 1975), German actress
- Nikolaus Kirsch-Puricelli (1866–1936), German industrialist, benefactor and diplomat
O
- Otto Kirsch (actor) (1862–1932), Austrian actor
- Otto Kirsch (artist) (1923–2007), German painter and sculptor
P
- Patrick Kirsch (* 1981), German soccer player
- Peter Kirsch (* 1966), German psychologist and university professor
- Peter Anton Kirsch (1869–1929), German Catholic theologian and religious historian
- Philippe Kirsch (* 1947), Belgian-Canadian lawyer and diplomat
R.
- RJKirsch (* 1959), German painter and conceptual artist
- Rainer Kirsch (1934–2015), German writer
- Richard Kirsch (1915–1971), German surgeon; University professor in East Berlin and Dresden
- Roland Kirsch (soccer player) (* 1943), German soccer player
- Roland Kirsch (1960–1989), Romanian-German writer
- Rolf Kirsch (* 1944), German soccer player
- Roman Kirsch (* 1988), German entrepreneur
- Rudolf Kirsch (* 1939), German handball player
S.
- Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013), German poet and writer
- Sarah Kirsch (musician) (1970–2012), American musician
- Silke Wickel-Kirsch (* 1967), German economist and university professor
- Simon Kirsch (* 1985), German actor
- Stan Kirsch (1968–2020), American actor
- Stefan F. Kirsch (* 1976), German chemist and university professor
- Steve Kirsch (* 1956), American inventor
T
- Theodor Kirsch (entomologist) (1818–1889), German entomologist
- Theodor Kirsch (politician) (1847–1911), German lawyer and politician (center), MdR
- Theodor Kirsch (oral surgeon) (1912–1997), German dentist and university professor
- Thomas G. Kirsch (* 1966), German ethnologist, cultural anthropologist and university professor
- Toni Kirsch (* 1957), German cycling official
U
- Uli Kirsch (* 1978), German actor
- Ulrich Kirsch (* 1951), German officer and Bundeswehr functionary
W.
- Werner Kirsch (animal breeder) (1901–1975), German animal breeding scientist
- Werner Kirsch (business economist) (* 1937), German economist
- Werner Kirsch (boxer) (1938-2017), German boxer and boxing trainer
- Werner Kirsch (mathematician) (* 1956), German mathematician
- Wilhelm-Michael Kirsch (1899–1976), German economist and university professor
- Wolfgang Kirsch (politician, 1913) (1913–1996), German lawyer and politician (FDP)
- Wolfgang Kirsch (classical philologist) (1938–2010), German classical philologist
- Wolfgang Kirsch (politician, 1950) (* 1950), German politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Kirsch (Manager) (* 1955), German bank manager