Given name & surname

Leitz

“tribe, people”

Leitz is a surname from Proto-Germanic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Leitz goes back to a word meaning “tribe, people.”

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Where it comes from

Leitz comes from Proto-Germanic.

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How it developed

From Proto-Germanic *liudiz.

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Leitz’s family of names

In German usage, Leitz as a surname has a related form in LEITZE. In German usage, Leitz as a surname has a related form in Leitzgen. In German usage, Leitz as a surname has a related form in Leitzmann.

Walk Leitz’s family in the name graph

LeitzΛέιτζLeizLeitzmannLeitzgenLeitze

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 4

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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Swedish

Leikas

Leikas is a surname, probably from Germanic, ultimately from Old Swedish. It is used in Finnish.

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Germanic

Lykke

“folk, people”

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50% boys · 50% girls

Germanic

Lieb

“dear”

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71% boys · 29% girls

Germanic

Luís

“loud, famous”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Landriz

“to dare”

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Germanic

Louÿs

“loud, famous” · “battle”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Llull

Llull is a surname, probably from Medieval Latin, ultimately from Germanic. It is used in Catalan.

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Germanic

Luici

“loud, famous”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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