Schmalz Family History
Schmalz Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German smalz ‘tallow grease fat’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a chandler. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Schmalz or Yiddish shmalts ‘animal fat’. Germanized form of Slovenian Šmalc a surname of German origin (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022