The ganz Surname
ganz Name Meaning and History
- German and Swiss German: variant of Gans ‘goose’.
- German: from a short form of the Germanic personal name Ganso, a cognate of modern German ganz ‘whole’, ‘all’.
- German: possibly also from an altered form, under Russian influence, of the personal name Hans, a short form of Johannes (see John).
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German ganz ‘whole’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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