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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : occupational name for a ragman, from an agent derivative of Middle High German vetze ‘scrap’, ‘rag’ or vetzen ‘to tear or shred’.
  • German : topographic name for someone who lived in a marshy area, from Swabian Fätsche ‘marsh’.
  • German : altered spelling of Pfetzer, a nickname from Middle High German phetzen ‘to pinch’.

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