Bloch

Bloch is a surname.

  1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): regional name for someone in Central Europe originating from Italy or France, from Polish "Włoch" meaning "Italian" (originally "stranger / of foreign stock"),[1] ultimately derived – like many names and words in various European languages – from the Germanic Walhaz.
  2. German and Swedish: Variant of Block
  3. Danish: from Blok, hence a nickname for a large lumpish person, or from German "Block"

List of people surnamed Bloch

See also

References

  1. Polonsky, Antony, The Jews in Poland and Russia, vol. 1, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. 2010, p. 12.
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