Given name & surname

Hertz

“my strife”

Hertz is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “my strife.”

Original GermanHerz

Meaning & origin

What it means

One German interpretation is “my strife.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is German.

How it developed

From German Hertz.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hertz’s family of names

In German usage, Hertz as a surname has a related form in HERZ. In German usage, Hertz as a surname has a related form in HERZ.

Walk Hertz’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Hertz, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Herdt

“hard”

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German

Hehr

Hehr is a surname from German.

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German

Herl

Herl is a surname from German.

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German

Hedtke

Hedtke is a surname from German.

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German

Hirsz

Hirsz is a surname from German. It is used in Polish.

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German

Hesse

Hesse is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.

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60% boys · 40% girls

Germanic

Hengst

Hengst is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

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Ancient Greek

Herzog

Herzog is a surname from German, ultimately from Ancient Greek.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Hertz’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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