Gieseke Family Crest & Name History

If your family name is Gieseke, its origin lies with Giese, a German surname. It grew out of a personal name: “from the name Giso”.

• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Related forms: Giesen.
• Gieseke carries the diminutive ending -ke, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Giese.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Giese and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Gieseke family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.