Faller Family History
Faller Name Meaning
South German:: habitational name for someone from Ober- or Unter-Fall near Triberg in the Black Forest. topographic name for someone living by a waterfall or the site of a landslide from Middle High German val ‘fall waterfall landslide’. in some cases possibly also a derivative of Falter through assimilation of the consonants. This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also above) is also found in France (mainly Alsace also Lorraine).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022