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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name for someone living at a castle known as ‘Cat Rock’, from Middle High German katze ‘cat’ + stein ‘stone’, ‘crag’, ‘rocky peak’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name elaboration of Katz, from German Katze ‘cat’ + Stein ‘stone’ (see 1).

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