Fass Family History
Fass Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German faz German Fass ‘cask keg’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of casks and kegs or a nickname for someone as rotund as a barrel. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). German: variant of Fasse Faas .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022