Släkthistoria för Ratz
Ratz Vad efternamn betyder
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname probably for an agile or opportunistic individual from Middle High German ratz ‘rat marten polecat’. German (also Rätz): from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rād rāt ‘advice counsel’. Compare Raetz. Germanized or Americanized form of Hungarian Slovak and Czech Rácz (see Racz) or Rác Serbian Croatian and Slovenian Rac ‘Serb’. Germanized form (also Rätz) of Sorbian Radc or Rac ‘councillor’ (see Raatz 3 compare Raetz ). Jewish (Ashkenazic): acronymic surname of uncertain derivation.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
