Götz Explained

Götz or Goetz (pronounced as /de/) is a German name, in origin a hypocorism of Gottfried.^[1] It remains in use as a short form of Gottfried, but it has also become a surname.

Surnames

Goetz

• Alphonse Goetz (1865-1934), French chess master
• Arturo Goetz, Argentine actor
• Benjamin Eliakim Goetz (died 1798), English rabbi
• Bernhard Goetz, New York City's "subway vigilante"
• Curt Goetz, Swiss-German writer and actor
• E. Ray Goetz, an American composer, lyricist, and theatrical producer
• Eric Goetz, world-renowned yacht builder
• Henri Goetz, the French-American Surrealist painter and etcher
• Hermann Goetz, German composer
• Hermann Goetz (art historian), German scholar and museum director
• Jaden Goetz, Canadian actor
• James B. Goetz, American politician
• John Goetz, baseball player
• Judith Goetz (born 1983), Austrian literature and political science scholar
• Kimi Goetz (born 1994), American speed skater
• Leo Goetz, German painter
• Louise Götz, actress
• Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz, Polish biologist
• Meg Goetz, the first woman reading clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Peter Michael Goetz, actor
• Ruth Goetz, American playwright, screenwriter, and translator
• Ruth Goetz (German screenwriter), German screenwriter
• William Goetz, the American film producer

Götz

• Franz Götz (politician) (born 1945), German politician
• Leon Götz (1892–1970), New Zealand politician
• Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), German religious figure, writer and translator
• Paul Götz, German astronomer
• Rainald Götz, German writer
• Ralph Götz, president of the German Rugby Federation
• Simone Götz (born 1969), Swiss politician and oenologist

Given name

Götz
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /de/
Gender:	Male
Region:	Germany
Language:	German
Derived:	Gottfried

• Götz von Berlichingen (Gottfried von Berlichingen, 1480–1562), Franconian mercenary and poet
• Götz Briefs (Gottfried Anton Briefs, 1889–1974), German Catholic social ethicist, social philosopher, and political economist
• Götz Friedrich (1930–2000), German film and theater director
• Götz George (1938–2016), German actor
• Götz Aly (b. 1947), German journalist and historian
• Götz Alsmann (b. 1957), German musician and entertainer
• Götz Spielmann (b. 1961), Austrian film director
• Götz Otto (b. 1967), German actor
• Götz Werner (1944–2022), German businessman

See also

• Goetz Collection, Munich
• Goetz, Wisconsin, a small town
• Goethe (surname)
• Götz (company), a German doll manufacturer

Notes and References

1. Book: A Dictionary of First Names . Patrick . Hanks . Flavia . Hodges . Oxford University Press . 1990 . 0-19-211651-7 . 140 . registration .