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Prince

English and French: nickname from Middle English Old French prince (from Latin princeps). Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Prinz ‘prince’ or its Czech Slovak Slovenian or some other Slavic cognate Princ from princ ‘prince’. Americanized form of Slovenian Primc: status name for one who lives in the house of his father-in-law from a derivative of primiti ‘to accept to take over’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Printz

Americanized form of German Brentz a variant of Brenz a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Brando (see Brand ). German: variant of Prinz and in North America (also) an altered form of this. This form of the surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Germanized form of Czech Slovak Slovenian or some other Slavic Princ from princ ‘prince’. Compare Prinz .

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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It does not include Brand or Brando