Given name & surname · also German
Kritz
“grits”
Kritz is a surname with more than one origin.
Original CzechKříž
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German surname, Kritz goes back to German Kritz, meaning “grits.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kritz has more than one origin: as a German surname, it comes from German Kritz; as a Jewish/Yiddish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “scratch”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kritz as a surname developed from Kříž.
Kritz’s family of names
In German usage, Kritz has a later derivative in CRITZ. In English usage, Kritz as a surname has a related form in KREUTZ. In English usage, Kritz as a surname developed from the Czech form Kříž.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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