Gatz Family History
Gatz Name Meaning
German: from Gato a short form of an old personal name formed with the same root as Middle High German gate ‘companion’. German: topographic name from Middle Low German gatze ‘alley way (side)street’. German: habitational name from a place so named in Pomerania (now in Poland). Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Gac .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022