Banse Family History
Banse Name Meaning
German: from Middle Low German banse ‘granary (wood or coal) shed next to a barn’ hence a topographic name for someone who owned or lived by such a building. In some instances a nickname for a fat person from dialect Pansen ‘belly’ or in Bavaria a metonymic occupational name for a barrel maker from Banz Banse ‘barrel’. French: from an ancient Germanic personal name a short form of any of various names beginning with the element bant ‘bond tie’. French (Picardy): metonymic occupational name from Old French banse ‘large square wicker basket’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022