Fritz
Fritz is a male first name and family name . It is the short form of Friedrich (see there for origin and meaning).
variants
- Pet forms: Fritzchen, Fritzl (e), Fritzi ( diminutiva )
- Sorbian: Fryco
distribution
The name was very common in German-speaking countries, but has recently been used less frequently. It was considered to be the “typical German name par excellence”, and colloquially the word has become a term for German speakers in general. During the Second World War it got a negative connotation in English and Russian ( ethnophaulism ), comparable to the term Iwan for Russians , and is a derogatory term for Germans, like the word herb in US English .
Name bearer
family name
A.
- Adolf Fritz (* 1929), Austrian paleobotanist
- Alberich Fritz (1704–1787), Austrian clergyman, Abbot of Heiligenkreuz
- Albert Fritz (resistance fighter) (1899–1943), German resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- Albert Fritz (cyclist) (1947–2019), German cyclist
- Alena Fritz (* 1989), German model and presenter
- Alexander Fritz (1857–1932), German chess player
- Alfons Fritz (1861–1933), German high school teacher and historian
- Alfons Fritz (architect) (1900–1933), Austrian architect
- Alfred Fritz (clergyman, 1860) (1860–1941), German Protestant pastor, archivist and writer
- Alfred Fritz (clergyman, 1886) (1886–1963), German Protestant pastor, leading functionary of the Inner Mission
- Alfred Herbert Fritz (* 1937), German production engineer
- Astrid Fritz (* 1959), German author
- August Fritz (1843–1895), German painter
B.
- Barbara Fritz (* 1964), German economist
- Bernd Fritz (journalist) (1945–2017), German journalist, satirist and writer
- Bernd Fritz (art historian) (Bernd Harald Fritz; * 1947), German art historian and non-fiction author, especially on porcelain tableware
- Bernhard Fritz (engineer) (1907–1980), German civil engineer
- Bernhard Fritz (politician) (* 1951), German politician (CDU)
- Bill Fritz ( William Howard Fritz Jr .; 1892–1941), American pole vaulter
- Bruno Fritz (1900–1984), German cabaret artist and actor
- Burkhard Fritz (* 1970), German opera singer (hero tenor)
C.
- Carl Fritz (engineer) (1877 – after 1932), German engineer, building officer and 1926–1932 president of the ADAC
- Charlotte Fritz (née Becher ; 1918–2003), Austrian Righteous Among the Nations
- Christian Fritz (* 1988), German pianist
- Christoph Fritz (* 1994), Austrian cabaret artist
- Clemens Fritz (* 1980), German soccer player
D.
- Daniel Fritz (politician) (1777–1845), German politician, MdL Hessen
- Daniel Fritz (actor) (* 1984), German actor
- David Fritz (* 1999), Austrian soccer player
- Dieter Fritz (* 1956), German television journalist
E.
- Eberhard Fritz (* 1957), German archivist and historian
- Emil Fritz (1877–1954), German restaurateur and variety owner
- Erich Fritz (forensic doctor) (1899–1989), Austrian forensic doctor and university professor
- Erich Fritz (architect) (1955–2015), German architect and university professor
- Erich G. Fritz (* 1946), German politician (CDU)
- Ernst Fritz (author) (1876–1956), German educator and writer
- Ernst Fritz (lawyer) (1900–1978), German administrative lawyer
- Ernst Fritz (politician) (1945-2018), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Ernst Fritz-Schubert (* 1948), German author and educator
F.
- Franz Ferdinand Fritz (1772–1840), German clergyman, Bishop of Hildesheim
- Franziska Fritz (* 1991), German bobsleigh athlete
- Friedrich Fritz (resistance fighter) (1888–1945), German resistance fighter
- Friedrich Fritz (pastor) (1905–1978), German Catholic pastor
- Friedrich Fritz (politician) (1906–1979), German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
G
- Gaspard Fritz (1716–1783), Swiss composer
- Gedeon Fritz (1892–1950), Austrian politician (CSP / ÖVP)
- Gejza Fritz (1880–1957), Slovak politician and lawyer
- Georg Fritz (1865–1944), German tax officer and author
- Georg Fritz (painter) (1884–1967), German painter and graphic artist
- George Fritz (* 1959), German-Canadian ice hockey player
- Gerhard Fritz (chemist) (1919–2002), German chemist
- Gerhard Fritz (politician) (1921–1984), German politician (CDU)
- Gerhard Fritz (historian) (* 1953), German historian and history educator
- Gerhard Fritz (toxicologist) , German toxicologist
- Gottlieb Fritz (1873–1934), German librarian
- Gregor Fritz (1693–1774), Austrian baroque sculptor
- Günter Fritz (* 1956), Austrian journalist and author
- Günther Fritz (* 1956), Liechtenstein journalist and politician (VU)
- Gustav Fritz (pseudonym Gustav Hartmann ; 1885 – after 1945), German conductor
H
- Hans Fritz (architect) (1883–1952), Austrian architect and set designer
- Hans Fritz (music teacher) ( Johann Fritz ; 1947–2018), Austrian music teacher
- Hans Fritz (ice hockey player) , Austrian ice hockey player
- Hans-Georg Fritz (* 1932), German politician (SPD), MdL Hessen
- Hans-Gerhard Fritz (1939–2015), German plastics technician
- Hans Peter Fritz (* 1961), Austrian television journalist, see Peter Fritz (journalist)
- Hans-Werner Fritz (* 1953), German general
- Harald Fritz (* 1954), German soccer player
- Harry Fritz (* 1951), Canadian tennis player
- Hedi Fritz-Niggli (1921–2005), Swiss radiation biologist
- Heinrich Fritz (1831–1913), German photographer
- Helmut Fritz (soccer player) (* 1918), German soccer player
- Helmut Fritz (soccer referee ) (1923– ??), German soccer referee
- Henning Fritz (* 1974), German handball goalkeeper
- Henrieke Fritz (* 1997), German actress
- Hermann Fritz (polar light researcher) (1830-1893), German-Swiss polar light researcher
- Hermann Fritz (sculptor) (1873–1948), German sculptor and medalist
- Hermann Fritz (politician) (1903–1982), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Hermann Fritz (engineer) (* 1972), Swiss engineer and naturalist
I.
- Irving B. Fritz (1927-1996), American physiologist and endocrinologist
J
- Jindřich Fritz (1912–1984), Czech chess composer
- Joachim Fritz-Vannahme (* 1955), German journalist and book author
- Johann Fritz (pastor) , German pastor
- Johann Fritz (piano maker) , Austrian piano maker
- Johann Fritz (legal scholar) (1799–1878), German legal scholar and university professor
- Johann Fritz (1947–2018), Austrian music teacher, see Hans Fritz (music teacher)
- Johann Fritz (ice hockey player) (* 1958), Austrian ice hockey player
- Johann Friedrich Fritz (1798–1870), German painter and lithographer
- Johann Michael Fritz (* 1936), German art historian
- Johanna Fritz (* 1981), German illustrator
- Jörg Fritz (* 1960), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Josef Fritz (organ builder) (1837–1893), German organ builder
- Josef Fritz (politician, 1882) (1882–1953), Czechoslovak lawyer, civil servant and politician
- Josef Fritz (politician, 1926) (1926–1975), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Joß Fritz (1470–1525), German peasant leader
- Jürgen Fritz (social worker) (* 1944), German social worker
- Jürgen Fritz (musician) (* 1953), German musician
- Jürgen Fritz (chess player) (* 1965), German chess player
K
- Karin Fritz (* 1957), Austrian politician (GREEN)
- Karl Fritz (Bishop) (also Carl Fritz ; 1864–1931), German clergyman, Archbishop of Freiburg
- Karl Fritz (publisher) (1893–1967), German publisher
- Karl Fritz (local history researcher) (1915 – after 1994), Austrian local history researcher
- Karl-Walter Fritz (* 1931), German politician (SPD)
- Karl Wolfgang Fritz (? - around 1970), German internist and university professor
- Kaspar Fritz (1716–1783), Swiss violinist and composer
- Klaus Fritz (* 1958), German translator
- Kunibert Fritz (* 1937), German artist
- Kurt von Fritz (1900–1985), German classical philologist
L.
- Lance M. Fritz (* 1963), American manager
M.
- Marco Fritz (* 1977), German football referee
- Marianne Fritz (1948–2007), Austrian writer
- Markus Fritz (* 1972), Austrian basketball player
- Martin Fritz (journalist) (* 1960), German journalist and author
- Martin Fritz (curator) (* 1963), Austrian curator, consultant, publicist and rector of the Merz Academy in Stuttgart
- Martin Fritz (soccer player) (* 1966), German soccer player
- Martin Fritz (Author) (* 1982), Austrian author and literary scholar
- Martin Fritz (Nordic Combiner) (* 1994), Austrian Nordic Combiner
- Martin Fritz (floorball player) (* 1999), Austrian floorball player
- Marvin Fritz (* 1993), German motorcycle racer
- Matthias Fritz (* 1969), German soccer player
- Matthias Andreas Fritz (* 1968), German Indo-Europeanist and university professor
- Max Fritz (1849–1920), German landscape painter
- Max Hermann Fritz (1873–1948), German sculptor and medalist
- Michael G. Fritz (* 1953), German writer
- Moritz Fritz (* 1993), German soccer player
N
- Nicole Fritz (* 1969), German art and cultural scientist
- Nikki Fritz (1964–2020), American actress and model
O
- Otto Fritz (painter) (1852 – after 1900), Austrian painter
- Otto Fritz (physician) (1891–1975), Austrian radiologist
- Oswald Fritz (1925– ??), German football referee
P
- Pat Fritz (* 1964), German musician
- Patrick Fritz-Benzing (* 1977), German district cantor of the Archdiocese of Freiburg
- Paul Fritz (Mayor) (1892–1969), German politician (NSDAP), 1933 Mayor of Oberndorf am Neckar, 1944 of Rottweil
- Paul Fritz (agency founder ) (1923–1988), Swiss founder of the literary agency Linder AG (with Erich Linder and René Chochor), today Paul & Peter Fritz AG
- Peter Fritz (geologist) (* 1937), German geologist
- Peter Fritz (Manager) (* 1943), Australian businessman and manager of Romanian origin
- Peter Fritz (nuclear engineer) (* 1952), German nuclear engineer
- Peter Fritz (Journalist) ( Hans Peter Fritz ; * 1961), Austrian television journalist
- Philipp Fritz (1878 – after 1942), architect
R.
- Raymond Fritz (* 1898; date of death unknown), French sprinter
- Reinhard Fritz (* 1946), German painter
- Reinhold Fritz (1884–1950), German chamber singer (bass baritone)
- Richard Fritz (* 1949), German table tennis player
- Robert Fritz (1890–1983), German lawyer
- Roger Fritz (* 1936), German actor and filmmaker
- Rolf Fritz (1904–1992), German art historian
- Rudolf Fritz (philologist) (1882–1940), German philologist and educator
- Rudolf Fritz (archivist) (1905–1989), German historian and archivist
- Rudolf Fritz (artist) (* 1935), German clergyman and artist
S.
- Samuel Fritz (1654–1728), Bohemian missionary and explorer
- Sebastian Fritz (* 1986), German actor
- Sherilyn Fritz , climate scientist and university professor
- Steffen Fritz (* 1981), German computer specialist
- Susanne Fritz (* 1964), German writer
T
- Taylor Fritz (* 1997), American tennis player
- Theobald Fritz (1771–1848), Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
- Thomas Fritz (* 1955), German writer and dramaturge
- Tiburt Fritz (1950–2010), Austrian teacher, local researcher and dialectologist
U
- Uwe Fritz (* 1963), German zoologist
V
- Volkmar Fritz (1938–2007), German archaeologist
W.
- Walter Fritz (physicist) (1902–1983), German physicist
- Walter Fritz (singer) (* 1920), German singer (tenor)
- Walter Fritz (politician) (1921–1994), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Walter Fritz (film scholar) (1941–2020), Austrian film scholar
- Walter Helmut Fritz (1929–2010), German writer
- Werner Fritz (* 1932), German surgeon
- Wilhelm Fritz (musician) (1918–1995), Austrian teacher, musician, composer and choir director
- Wilhelm Fritz (Manager) (1927–2002), German insurance manager
- Willi Fritz (1894–1949), German milk technician
- William Fritz (1914–1995), Canadian sprinter
- Wolfgang Fritz (writer) (* 1947), Austrian writer
- Wolfgang Fritz (economist) (* 1951), German economist
Other part of the name
- King Friedrich II. (Prussia) , called "the old Fritz"
- Fritz the Cat , a cartoon character
- Helmut Fritz , fictional character of the French DJ and music producer Laurent Konrad
- Little Fritz , a funny figure
- Fritzchen , one of the Mainzel males
- Fritzle , the mascot of the football club VfB Stuttgart
- Fritze Flink , a fictional character by Wolfgang Gruner
- Rundfunk-Fritzle , a fictional character by Erich Hermann
Web links
Wiktionary: Fritz - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
