Pottinger Family History
Pottinger Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker or seller of pottage from Middle English potager(e) ‘maker or seller of pottage’ (Old French potagier) a pottage being a thick soup or broth usually of pulses. German (mainly Pöttinger): habitational name for someone from a place called Potting or Pötting in Bavaria. Compare Pettinger .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022