Given name & surname
Fitz
“the son of”
Fitz is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “the son of.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “the son of.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fitz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 722
- 722 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #3,467 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,467 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 756 as a first name in 2020; 3,660 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fitz’s family of names
Fitz has a related form in Fytz. In Greek usage, Fitz as a surname is a transliteration of Φιτζ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fitz
- Fitz HallEnglish association football player (born 1980)
- Fitz John PorterAmerican Union Army general (1822–1901)
- Fitz Henry LaneAmerican painter and printmaker (1804-1865)
- Fitz Hugh Ludlowauthor of "The Hasheesh Eater", journalist, addiction researcher1836–1870
- Fitz-Greene HalleckAmerican writer (1790–1867)
- Fitz W. GuerinAmerican photographer (1846–1903)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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