Given name & surname · also German

Petz

Petz is a surname from German, ultimately from Czech.

Original GermanPeter

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Petz comes from German, and ultimately from Czech.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Petz as a surname is an affectionate form of Peter.

Petz’s family of names

In German usage, Petz is a diminutive of BERNHARD. In German usage, Petz has a related form in Berndt. In English usage, Petz as a surname is an affectionate form of Peter.

Walk Petz’s family in the name graph

PetzPeterBernhardBerndtPetzold

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Nicknames & forms 4

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

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Czech

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German

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Pultz

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Slovak

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Czech

Pesek

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Czech

Pekar

“a baker”

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German

Pelot

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Germanic

Poth

“pool, puddle”

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Sibling ideas

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