Gratz

See also: gratz

English

Etymology

German surname, from the city Graz in Austria. Also from a personal name from Old High German gratag (“greedy”), which could ultimately be from Proto-West Germanic *gernō; see Dutch gretig (“eager”). Also shortened from Pankratz.

Proper noun

Gratz

1. A surname.
2. A city in Kentucky
3. A borough of Pennsylvania

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gratz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77.