Stieglitz Family History
Stieglitz Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German stiglitz German Stieglitz ‘goldfinch’ (a loanword from West Slavic languages; compare Lower Sorbian šćigelc) a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird or in the case of the Jewish name an artificial name. In some cases also a Germanized form of Slovenian Štiglic or Croatian and Slovenian Štiglec (see Stiglitz ) cognates of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022