Family name origins & meanings
- German : possibly a habitational name from places in eastern Germany named Baitz or Beitzsch.
- South German : from Middle High German beiz ‘tanning liquid’, ‘lye’, or ‘falcon hunt’, hence an metonymic occupational name for a tanner or someone who hunted with falcons, or in some cases perhaps a derogatory nickname.
- variant of Beitler 2.