Lantz as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lantz

What is the meaning of the name Lantz ?

The baby name Lantz is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /lænts/ — "Lants" (rhymes with "ants").

Lantz is English, Germanic in Origin.

Lantz is a masculine given name derived from a Germanic surname, most commonly the German and Scandinavian Lantz/Lanz. Etymologically, it can trace to the Old High German personal name Lanzo, a short form built on the element lant ‘land, territory’; by that route Lantz carries the sense “of the land” or “domain.” In some families it instead arose as a nickname from Middle High German lanze ‘lance, spear,’ for a soldier or lance-maker, which gives the alternate meaning “spear.”

As a forename it is rare, largely American, gaining occasional use in the 20th century in the surname-as-first-name trend (helped by visibility of the animator Walter Lantz’s surname). It remains uncommon and tailored. Variant forms and related names include Lanz, Lenz, Lantz (Swedish spelling identical), and the English Lance; nicknames Lanny or Lan are sometimes used. Feminine counterparts are unusual but Lanza appears in Romance contexts.