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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Possibly an Americanized spelling of Dötz or Dotz, a Swabian and Swiss German nickname for a small, soft-hearted man; or a Sorbian short form of a Germanic personal name, cognate with Dietz.

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