Startz

English

Etymology

• As a south German surname, variant of Stertz and German Starz.
• As an Americanization of a Germanized Slavic name, from Upper Sorbian starc, Lower Sorbian starc, or Slovene stȃrəc (dialectal stȃrc), all meaning "old man"; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *starьcь (“old man”)
• As a dialectal Bavarian surname, from Starz (“tail”) (see Steiß (“tail, coccyx”))

Compare Starck.

Proper noun

Startz

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Startz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.