Prinz Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Prinz is usually a form of Prince. Its meaning, shared with Prince, is “Lordly, or a pageant prince”.

• 1,578 Americans were listed as Prinz in the 2010 census. 159 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Prinz name at birth.
• Prinz is listed among the recognised spellings of Prince.

Prinz coat of arms

Arms linked to Prince and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Prinz family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.