Protz Family History
Protz Name Meaning
German: nickname from Broz an old Bavarian word meaning ‘toad’ and in a figurative sense ‘showy’. German: habitational name from any of various places in Brandenburg Lower Saxony and Luxembourg called Protz(en). Germanized form of Sorbian Proca or Próca: nickname from Upper Sorbian proca Lower Sorbian próca ‘trouble (hard) work’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022