Fichtner

Fichtner, Fiechtner
Family name
Meaning	spruce
Region of origin	Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Canada, United States
Language(s) of origin	German
Related names	Ficht, Fichte, Fichtel, Fichtl, Fichtelmann (Fichtelman), Fichter, Fichtmann, Fichtenmeier (Fichtenmeyer, Fichtenmaier, Fichtenmeyer}), Fichtenholz, Fichtenbaum, Fichtenau; Austro-Bavarian: Feicht, Feichter, Feichtner, Feichtinger, Feichtlbauer, Feichtmair (Feichtmaier, Feichtmayer, Feichtmayr, Feichtmeyer, Feichtmeier}), Feichtenbeiner, Feuchtenbeiner (< Feuchtenpoint); Feucht, Feuchter, Feuchtner, Feuchtwang, Feuchtwanger; Tanne, Tannenbaum; Fenyő
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Fichtner, Fiechtner, or any variant thereof is a surname originating from areas where German is spoken. Descendants of the Fichtner name are spread though Germany, Austria, Russian Empire (in particular Ukraine)Canada, the United States and Argentina.

Groups of Fichtners helped to colonize the early United States, with the emergence of Fichtners into Pennsylvania in the mid-1760s. Fichtners also settled in the Russian Empire as Catherine the Great opened up Russian lands to German settlement during her reign.

The name is common within modern Germany, specifically in southern Germany. Fichtners also remain in modern-day Ukraine and many live within the United States today, concentrated in the Midwest and Northwest.

Notable American Fichtners include Actor William Fichtner and Miss USA 1986 Christy Fichtner.

The Fichtners of Connecticut work primarily in technical and maintenance fields. Working mostly in IT and alternative energy industries.

List of people

• Andi Fichtner (de) (born 1976), German female mountaineer
• Christiane "Christy" Crane Fichtner (born 1962), a Miss USA
• Gregor Fichtner (de) (1828–1901), German businessman, politician
• Hans Joachim Oskar Fichtner (born 1917), a rocket scientist
• Harald Fichtner (de) (born 1965), German politician (OB of Hof/Saale) (CSU)
• Karl Fichtner (de) (1805–1873), German actor
• Karl-Heinz Fichtner (de) (1906–1972), German politician of Bremen (NSDAP, DP, NPD)
• Kurt Fichtner (de) (born 1916), German politician (SED)
• Pauline Fichtner, German female composer
• Randy Fichtner, an American Football coach
• Ross William Fichtner (born 1938, McKeesport, Pennsylvania), American football cornerback
• Sebastian Fichtner (de) (1894–1950), German military man
• Ullrich Fichtner (born 1965, Hof), a senior German journalist and author
• William Edward Fichtner (born 1956), American actor

Fiechtner

• Eduard Fiechtner (de) (1843–1922)
• Johann Fiechtner (de) (? - 1692), German sculptor