Schmeltz Family History
Schmeltz Name Meaning
German (Bavaria Franconia Hesse): occupational name for a smelter from Middle High German smelzen ‘to smelt metal’. German: habitational name from Schmelz in the Saarland or Schmöltz in Bavaria. Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a smelter from German Schmelze ‘smelting’ (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022