Metze Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Metze is a spelling of the German surname Metz.

The extra “e” in Metze is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms linked to Metz and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Metze report, with a museum-style coat of arms.