Milz Family History
Milz Name Meaning
German:: habitational name from a place so named in Thuringia. from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name like Mildizo composed with mild ‘kind generous’. in some cases a nickname for a cantankerous individual from Middle High German milz(e) ‘spleen’. According to medieval theory of humors an excess of bile from the spleen was responsible for ill temper.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022