Pilch Family History
Pilch Name Meaning
English (mainly Norfolk): from Middle English pilch a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches or a nickname for a habitual wearer of these. A pilch (from Late Latin pellicia a derivative of pellis ‘skin hide’) was a kind of coarse leather garment with the hair or fur still on it. See Pilcher . Polish: nickname from Old Polish pilch ‘gray squirrel’. Jewish (from Ukraine): metonymic occupational name from Yiddish piltsh ‘felt’ (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022