Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized form of German Mainzger, a habitational name for someone from the city of Mainz in Germany. Compare Mainzer.
- Ludwig Maintzger (1726–76) came from near Karlsruhe in Germany to Philadelphia in 1749, and settled in Lancaster Co., PA. In North America he spelled his name Lodowick Minsker. His descendants are associated with Dauphin Co., PA, and Sumner Co., TN.