Kritzer Family History
Kritzer Name Meaning
South German: probably an occupational name for a coiner from krüzer ‘kreutzer’ (the coin) a dialect variant of Kreutzer . Compare Critzer . Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kretzer . Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kratzer from Yiddish kritsn ‘to scratch’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022