Family name origins & meanings
- German : occupational name for a ragman, from an agent derivative of Middle High German vetze ‘scrap’, ‘rag’ or vetzen ‘to tear or shred’.
- German : topographic name for someone who lived in a marshy area, from Swabian Fätsche ‘marsh’.
- German : altered spelling of Pfetzer, a nickname from Middle High German phetzen ‘to pinch’.