Family name origins & meanings
- German : variant of Gettig 1.
- Americanized spelling of German Göttinger, a habitational name for someone from Götting in Bavaria or from any of the places called Göttingen in Lower Saxony, Westphalia, Hesse, and Württemberg.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Oettinger, with an inorganic initial H transformed into G under Russian influence.