Given name & surname · also German

Bortz

“rump”

Bortz is a surname from German, ultimately from Low German.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bortz goes back to a word meaning “rump.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Bortz comes from German, and ultimately from Low German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bortz’s family of names

In Greek usage, Bortz as a surname is a transliteration of Μπορτζ.

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BortzΜπορτζ

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Low German

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