Feist

See also: feist

English

Etymology

From the German surname for stout people; see feist (“fat”).

Proper noun

Feist (plural Feists)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Feist is the 8681^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3784 individuals. Feist is most common among White (92.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Feist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.

Anagrams

• Feits, Fites, Stief, fetis

Hunsrik

Noun

Feist

1. plural of Faust