German: habitational name with the agent suffix -er, either
from Mainz, earlier Mentz, derived from the medieval Latin
name Mogontia (Latin Mogontiacum, probably from the
Celtic personal name Mogontios), or from Menz in Brandenburg
and Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?
A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.
Begin your family tree with your name:
The mentzer name in History
A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mentzer family name as far back in history as possible.
Member Connections
Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the mentzer last name.