Fetzer Family History
Fetzer Name Meaning
German:: occupational name for a ragman from an agent derivative of Middle High German vetze ‘scrap rag’ or vetzen ‘to tear or shred’. topographic name for someone who lived in a marshy area from Swabian Fätsche ‘marsh’. altered form of Pfetzer a nickname from Middle High German phetzen ‘to pinch’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022