Pomeranz Family History
Pomeranz Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from Yiddish pomerants ‘orange’ (German Pomeranze; see 2 below). German: variant of Pommeranz metonymic occupational name for an importer or seller of bitter (Seville) oranges Middle High German pomeranz (from medieval Latin pomarancia composed of the elements Latin pomum ‘apple fruit’ and arancia the name imported with the fruit; see Naranjo ). This form of the surname is very rare in Germany.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022