Kuntz Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Kuntz is an established spelling of the German surname Kunz. Name scholars give the meaning as “Son of Kunz (Konrad, "bold counsel")”.

Kuntz and Kunz

Before spelling was fixed, Kunz was also written Kuntz. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Kunze and Cuntz.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Kunz and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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