Zaitz Family History
Zaitz Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from East Slavic zayats zaets ‘hare’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Zaytsy in Belarus derived from a word meaning ‘hare’ (see above). Americanized form of Slovenian Zajec or its variant Zajc meaning ‘hare’ (informally also ‘rabbit’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022