Gertz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: patronymic from a Germanic personal name composed of gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gertz is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
patronymic from a Germanic personal name composed of gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gertz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, patronymisch zu Gerhard, starker Genitiv; Konkurrenzform zu Diminutiven der Kurzform Gert/Ger(o) mit z-Suffix; aus ahd. gēr 'Speer' + ahd. harti/herti 'hart, stark'.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronym zu Dietrich mit Schwund des d; zeigt vor allem Konsonantenvariation im Auslaut und in der Suffixbildung.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Patronymische starke Genitive zu Gerd aus Gerhard; d-Schwund nach r, teils mit Vokaldehnung. 27 Typen/2886 Token.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Starker Genitiv zu Gert < Gerhard; teils auch mit -z-Suffix, vereinzelt zu Gertrud; 1866 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymisch zu einem Ger- Rufnamen, wohl zu Gerhard, Gerwin oder Germann; 1866 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Martin Clarentius Gertzb. 1844DKDanish philosopher (1844–1929)
- Otto Gertzb. 1878SESwedish geologist and botanist (1878-1948)
- Wanda Gertzb. 1896PLPolish soldier (1896–1958)
- Elmer Gertzb. 1906USAmerican lawyer (1906-2000)
- Alejandro Gertz Manerob. 1939MXMexican lawyer and politician
- Bill Gertzb. 1952USAmerican journalist (1952-)
- Bruce Gertzb. 1952USAmerican musician and university teacher
- Jami Gertzb. 1965USAmerican actress
- Nolen Gertzb. 1981USphilosopher
- Lucas Gertzb. 1990DEGerman basketball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,724 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.9K | #14,353 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,045 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 184 | #2,792 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 129 | #52,177 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 77 | #8,899 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 47 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 47 | #52,259 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 44 | #28,087 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 39 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 39 | #58,621 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 28 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gertz mean, and where does it come from?
- patronymic from a Germanic personal name composed of gar, ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Gertz have the most bearers?
- Gertz is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gertzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gertz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.