Given name & surname · also German
Kotz
“inhabitant of a cottage”
Kotz is a surname with more than one origin.
Original GermanGötz
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German surname, Kotz goes back to a word meaning “inhabitant of a cottage.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kotz has more than one origin: as a German surname, it comes from Middle High German kote; as a German and Jewish surname, it comes from German; as a Hungarian (Kótz) and German surname, it comes from Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German kote, from Middle Low German kōte, from Old Saxon *kota, from Proto-West Germanic *kotā, from Proto-Germanic *kutą.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kotz’s family of names
In English usage, Kotz as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Polish form KOC. In German usage, Kotz as a surname has a related form in Götz. In English usage, Kotz as a surname has a related form in KOTTKE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kotz has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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