Schiltz Family History
Schiltz Name Meaning
German: variant of Schilz and in North America (also) an altered form of this. Compare Shiltz Germanized form of Slovenian Šilc: probably from a derivative of šiliti ‘to point to sharpen (with an awl)’ applied as an occupational name for someone who used an awl (šilo in Slovene) as a tool. Compare Shiltz
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022