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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Schweitzer.
  • German : habitational name for someone from Schwitz in Bohemia.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from Yiddish shvitser ‘one who perspires’ or ‘dandy’ (one who dressed in fine clothes even if they made him perspire).

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