Given name & surname · also German

Seitz

Seitz is a surname from German, ultimately from Slovene.

Original GermanSeiss

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Seitz comes from German, and ultimately from Slovene.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Seitz as a surname developed from ZAJEC.

Seitz’s family of names

In English usage, Seitz as a surname developed from the Slovenian form ZAJEC. In English usage, Seitz as a surname has a related form in SEISS. In English usage, Seitz as a surname was borrowed from the German form SEISS.

Walk Seitz’s family in the name graph

SeitzΣέιτζSeissZajcZajec

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Seitz has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Slovene roots to each of them.

EnglishSlovene

Slovenewhere Seitz comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

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

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

German

Speltz

Speltz is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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Slovene

Sirk

Sirk is a surname from Slovene. It is used in English and Slovene.

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Khmer

Soth

Soth is a surname from German, ultimately from Khmer.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

German

Seck

Seck is a surname from Wolof, ultimately from German.

No U.S. birth series

45% boys · 55% girls

German

Steinmetz

Steinmetz is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Sitzes

Sitzes is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Sipes

Sipes is a surname, probably from German.

No U.S. birth series

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German

Gritz

Gritz is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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

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