The batz Surname
batz Name Meaning and History
- from Alemannic, Swabian Batz ‘pile’, ‘large quantity’, possibly applied as a nickname either for a man of large physical proportions or for a man of wealth. The term also denoted a coin and may have been used metonymically for a coiner. The name of the coin is believed to have been derived from its imprint of a bear, known in folklore as Betz or Petz.
- (Bätz): see Betz.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| George (Ellsworth) Batz |
 kphdogs
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| Valentine Batz |
drcbatz
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| William H and Conrad Batz in Baltimore, MD 1864 |
patmontero25
| 1 |
| Batz, Reubon |
bhill1998
| 1 |
| Henry Batz - came to St. Louis, MO 1855? from Germany |
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| Amilia Batz | Tiffany Dubas | 12 |
| batz's in pa | Brett | 4 |
| Jennie Batz(or Potts) | Jamie Templin | 1 |
| wrong marriage certificate-Batz | brokenbranches4148 | 0 |
| Conrad BATZ and family enter New York, USA 1804 |
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