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Where does the surname "fiest" orginate from?

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  1. This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,

    Fiest Name Meaning and History

    Possibly an altered spelling of German Wiest.

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  2. Spelled "Feist" it's a German word meaning "protection". There are several Germans listed in Wikipedia with that name, so I think it's fairly common there.

    (Also, spelled various ways, it's an English word for a small aggressive breed of dog, like a terrier, hence the adjective "feisty".)
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