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Meaning & History
Most likely used as a first name due to John Joseph Pershing, General of the Armies for the United States at the end of World War I. His paternal ancestors were of German descent, and the original spelling was likely Pfoersching. The name derives from pfersich, the German word meaning "peach", and was used as a metonymic occupational name meaning "grower or seller of peaches". Pfersich comes from persica, the Late Latin word for peach, originally malum persicum meaning "Persian apple".