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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : (also Nötzel) nickname for a person in need or distress, from Middle High German nōt ‘hardship’, ‘distress’, ‘suffering’.
  • German : possibly from a pet form of Notz, a short form of the personal name Norbert.
  • German : southern metonymic occupational name for a maker of nets, from Middle High German netzel(īn), a diminutive of netz ‘net’ (see Netz).

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