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Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsRettenbacher

Meaning & History

Habitational name for someone from any of several places in Bavaria and Austria called Rettenbach, derived from German bach "stream" and an uncertain first element; possibly Old Germanic retten "swamp, moor", reudan "to clear (land), clearing", or roden "to redden, become red".
Added 3/15/2024 by UncleJay
Edited 12/30/2024 by jocatchi and Mike C