Wenz
Wenz is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Wenz:
1. Family name that goes back to a nickname of Werner with a - z suffix .
2. Family name derived from a short form of Wentzlaff .
Name bearer
- Alfred Wenz (pilot) , German fighter pilot
- Alfred Wenz (Grenadier) (1919–1944), German officer
- Else Wenz-Viëtor (1882–1973), German children's book illustrator
- Florian Wenz (* 1958), German net artist
- Frank Wenz (* 1968), German handball referee
- Friedrich Wenz (1875–1954), German administrative officer
- Gerhard Wenz (* 1953), German chemist
- Gisela Wenz-Hartmann (1904–1979), German writer
- Gunther Wenz (* 1949), German theologian
- Ingrid Wenz-Gahler (* 1946), German interior designer and author
- Ludwig Wenz (1906–1968), German football player
- Paul Wenz (writer) (pseudonym Paul Warrego ; 1869–1939), French-Australian farmer, wool merchant and writer
- Paul Wenz (architect) (1875–1965), German architect and construction clerk
- Peter Wenz (clergyman) , German pastor
- Peter Wenz (* 1945), American philosopher
- Richard Wenz (1876–1953), German educator, journalist and writer
- Sebastian Wenz (1890–1915), German archaeologist
- Stefan Wenz (* 1957), German swimmer
- Tanja Wenz (* 1972), German writer
- Valentin Wenz (1831–1909), German landowner and politician
- Werner Wenz (1926–2019), German physician
- Wilhelm Wenz (1886–1945), German malacologist
- Willy Wenz (1893–1971), German painter
Others
- a solo version of the Schafkopf
Individual evidence
- ↑ DUDEN, surnames, Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Vienna - Zurich, 2005, p. 714