The kotz Surname
kotz Name Meaning and History
- German: status name for a cottager or day laborer, from German Kotsasse, Kotsate, literally ‘inhabitant of a cottage’.
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German, Middle Low German kotze (or Polish koc) ‘blanket’, ‘horsecloth’, ‘coarse woolen cloth or garment’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such cloth or a nickname for a poorly dressed person.
- German (Kötz): from a pet form of the personal name Konrad.
- Hungarian (Kótz) and German: nickname from the Slavic loanword kóc ‘untidy hair’, ‘hair of corn’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| surname: Kotze | Chris Kotze | 9 |
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| kotz anscestors | jennifer gilson-gilliam | 1 |
| Kox to Kotz in Michigan |
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| 1911: John B. Hickman m. Alma M. Kotz |
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| Henry Kotz/Kotzes in WI | Maria Kotz | 4 |
| Forence Kotz | Judy Leago | 0 |
| search for family of Sarah, Morgan & Samuel KOTZ | steve kotz | 0 |
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