Wentzlaff (family name)

Wentzlaff is a German family name .

origin

Wentzlaff is a surname based on the Germanized spelling of a surname formed with the ancient Slavic name words vętje > more <and slava > fame, honor <.

Derivatives

1. Wěcsław ( Lower Sorbian )
2. Więcław, Wacław ( Polish )
3. Venceslav (old Czech)
4. Václav ( Czech )

Name bearer

Wentzlaff is a family name for the following people:

• Friedrich-Wilhelm Wentzlaff-Eggebert (1905–1999), German Germanist and university professor
• Harald Wentzlaff-Eggebert (* 1941), German Romance studies and university lecturer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duden Familiennames , Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2 , p. 714.