Katzer Family History
Katzer Name Meaning
German (Silesia): nickname from Middle High German ketzer ‘heretic free-thinker’. This surname is also found in Czechia. German: perhaps from a medieval personal name Cazo which derives from the unexplained root kad-. Germanized form of Sorbian Kócor Kócur and Kocor: nickname from Lower Sorbian kócor kócur Upper Sorbian kocor ‘tom-cat’. See also Kocur .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022