Gatz Name Meaning and History
German: from Gato, a short form of an old personal name formed with the same root as Middle High German gate ‘companion’.
German (in eastern Germany): possibly from the Slavic personal name Gaczko.
German: habitational name from a place so named in Pomerania (Poland).
Americanized spelling of Ukrainian and Polish Gac.
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gatz-family-history.ashx
->Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
In my opinion and research - bad news: name Gatz of the German jargon means: "unshapely man" or "left-hand man". The good news: Gatz also connecting with Old Germanic language, and this means "the panel of water." Your choice ...
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