Fritsche Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Arms linked to Fricke and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Some records give Fricke; others give Fritsche. Both point to the same German family name. In origin, the name means “Little Friedrich”.

Before spelling was fixed, Fricke was also written Fritsche. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. You may also find the name written Fricken, Frick and Frikke. The 2010 census count for Fritsche in the United States was 1,807, good for rank 16,049. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Get the complete Fritsche report, with a museum-style coat of arms.