Witz

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Submitted Name

Type Surname (from given name)
Usage German, Jewish
Other Forms FormsWitzig
Edit Status Statusnot set    [show contributor]

Meaning & History

From the medieval personal name Witzo, a short form of any of several Germanic compound names beginning with wig ‘battle’. Also a variant of Witzig.

Famous bearer of the surname was Chaim Witz, which was the birth name of Gene Simmons, from KISS.