Metz

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Metz is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From the city of Metz in Lorraine, France.

rarermore common
  • DZAlgeria
  • FRFrance
  • 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.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
419 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From the city of Metz in Lorraine, France.

Sources 1

  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Metz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Metz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—20KMetz419
FR France—345Metz5
DZ Algeria——Metz4
CA Canada——Metz121
GB United Kingdom——Metz91
BR Brazil—1.9K—3
NL Netherlands—1.6K—58
AR Argentina—1K—1
CH Switzerland—391—28

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Metz is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Mety

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Μετζ

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Metz 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, 1. from the place name Metz; 2. from Matz; 3. stem Metz- from Macht; 4. from Messer; 5. Bavarian for Mais

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, Toponymic surname from the bishop’s city Metz; bearer counts: Metzmann 65, Metzer 94, Me(t)z 24+5905.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

  • In German, metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle Low German messet, metset ‘knife’, ‘dagger’ or Middle High German metz(e) ‘knife’. Compare Messer

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In German, from a short form of the female personal name Mechthild, composed of Germanic maht ‘might’, ‘strength’ + hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In German, This name is also established in Poland. lH331I13jS Christian Metz, the founder of the Amana colonies in lA, was born in Neuwied, Pmssia, in 1794. His group arrived in NY in 1842 and proceeded to the Midwest in 1855, where they were able to establish an experimental life style that was more successful than most other Utopian communal religious settlements of the time.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

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)

1850190019502000Herman A. Metz, b. 1867Paul Metz, b. 1892Vittorio Metz, b. 1904Johann Baptist Metz, b. 1928Christian Metz, b. 1931Lothar Metz, b. 1939Melinda Metz, b. 1962Michael Metz, b. 1964Rebecca Metz, b. 1973Chrissy Metz, b. 1980

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 39 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Metz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201020K#1,760
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200020K#1,640
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202019K#1,815
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.9K#5,062
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20071.6K#920
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—1K—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951545—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961496—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921415—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971406—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941403—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024391#3,370

Reference works 8

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 Metz mean, and where does it come from?
From the city of Metz in Lorraine, France. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
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Metz is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled metz.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Metz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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