Žemaitis

Žemaitis is a Lithuanian male family name derived from žemas , meaning 'low'.

Feminine forms

• Žemaitytė (single)
• Žemaitienė (married)

Name bearer

• Jonas Žemaitis-Vytautas (1909–1954), resistance fighter, brigadier general
• Juozas Žemaitis MIC (* 1926), former bishop of Vilkaviškis
• Kęstutis Žemaitis (* 1960), theologian, Catholic priest and university professor