Gratz
See also: gratz
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Gratz
- A surname.
- A city in Kentucky
- A borough of Pennsylvania
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gratz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77.