Ratz Family History
Ratz Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname probably for an agile or opportunistic individual from Middle High German ratz ‘rat marten polecat’. German (also Rätz): from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rād rāt ‘advice counsel’. Compare Raetz . Germanized or Americanized form of Hungarian Slovak and Czech Rácz (see Racz ) or Rác Serbian Croatian and Slovenian Rac ‘Serb’. Germanized form (also Rätz) of Sorbian Radc or Rac ‘councillor’ (see Raatz 3 compare Raetz ). Jewish (Ashkenazic): acronymic surname of uncertain derivation.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022