Gettinger Family History
Gettinger Name Meaning
German: variant of Gettig Americanized form of German Göttinger a habitational name for someone from Götting in Bavaria or from any of the places called Göttingen in Lower Saxony Westphalia Hesse and Württemberg. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Oettinger with excrescent initial H transformed into G under Russian influence.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022