Mertz Family History
Mertz Name Meaning
German: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Martin . German: variant of Martz . This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland. Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Merc: occupational name for a grain or salt measurer from a vernacular form of merec ‘measurer’. Compare Merz .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022