German: occupational name for someone who made prepared meats,
from Middle High German sulzer ‘butcher’, ‘charcutier’.
German: from a derivative of Middle High German sulze
‘brine’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a source
of salty water, or a habitational name for someone from a place called
Sulz.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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