Hirsh Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Hirsh is a familiar spelling of the German name Hirsch. The name is generally explained as “Stag”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Hirsh ranked 13,834 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,185 people answering to the name.
• Records show Hirsh as one of the forms Hirsch took over time.
• Other spellings include Hersch.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Hirsh, so the heraldry linked to Hirsch is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Hirsh report, with a museum-style coat of arms.