Hartz Family History
Hartz Name Meaning
topographic name, a variant of Hardt. from a short form of a Germanic compound name beginning with hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. North German: from a form of Low German Hart 1 altered to the phonology of standard German. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Yiddish harts ‘heart’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press