Stiglitz Family History
Stiglitz Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Stieglitz . Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Štiglic and probably also of Croatian and Slovenian Štiglec: from dialect štiglec ‘goldfinch’ (a loanword from German but ultimately of Slavic origin; see Stieglitz ) as a nickname applied to someone thought to resemble the bird.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022