The hertz Surname
hertz Name Meaning and History
- German and Dutch: from a personal name derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with the first element hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
- German: nickname for a stout-hearted or kind-hearted individual, from Middle High German herze ‘heart’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Herz ‘heart’, Yiddish harts.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Herts, which is from Middle High German hir(t)z ‘deer’, ‘hart’ (see Hirsch).
- Dutch: variant of Hirsch.
- Danish and Swedish: probably of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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