Peach

According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, it's from Old French pech(i)e, Middle English peche ‘sin’, hence a nickname for a reprobate, probably given more often in jest than as a mark of censure and probably an Americanized spelling of German Pietsch. It appears most of the Peaches seem to originate in England. Distribution of Peach families from England and Wales in 1891 from Ancestry.com show most Peaches were in Nottinghamshire, Dorsetshire, Staffordshire and London.

According to thepeaches.com, there was a knight who's name was William de Peche I who helped William the Conqueror in conquering England in 1066 who is the common ancestor for those with the Peach surname. It also agrees with the translation of Peche into 'sin', it states that the surname is the Norman French translation of "William of the Great Sin". The reason behind this is lost to history, but one of the theories is that he was born after the murder of his father and was named in that manner to remind the people of Normandy of the murder.

• Marianne Peach (1827 - 1908)