Kuntz is a German surname. The name originated as a short form of Konrad meaning "bold adviser", or being "crafty" in German. In Yiddish the word is associated with a clever trick. In the

Kashubian Kashubian can refer to: * Pertaining to Kashubia, a region of north-central Poland * Kashubians, an ethnic group of north-central Poland * Kashubian language See also *Kashubian alphabet The Kashubian or Cassubian alphabet (''kaszëbsczi alf ...

(Kaszëbë) area name Kuntz comes from

kashubian Kashubian can refer to: * Pertaining to Kashubia, a region of north-central Poland * Kashubians, an ethnic group of north-central Poland * Kashubian language See also *Kashubian alphabet The Kashubian or Cassubian alphabet (''kaszëbsczi alf ...

language name "Kunc" also "Kunz" means last farmer or farmer at the end of the road. The surname is frequent around Puck where during the Prussian occupation name was frequently changed from Slavonic sound kunc (polish koniec) to Kunz or Kuntz. This type of change of names was frequent for all Kashubian names like Lesna to Lesnau, Piontka to Piontke, etc. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Kuntz Alan Robert Kuntz (June 4, 1919 – March 7, 1987) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 45 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York ...

(1919–1987), Canadian ice hockey player * Andy Kuntz (born 1962), German progressive metal singer *

Bobby Kuntz Robert John "Bobby" Kuntz Sr. (January 10, 1932 – February 7, 2011) was a professional Canadian football linebacker who played eleven seasons in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was a part of ...

(died 2011), Canadian football linebacker *

Harry Kuntz Harry Mathew Kuntz (1929 – November 16, 1973) was a contractor for seismic drilling projects. He served as a politician in his late life, becoming the mayor of Camrose and later a Canadian federal politician from 1972 to 1973. Kuntz began ...

(died 1973), Canadian politician *

Joana Kuntz Joana Coelho Kuntz is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury, specialising in organisational and employee resilience, diversity and inclusion, and managin ...

, professor of psychology in New Zealand *

Júlio Kuntz Júlio Kuntz (3 September 1897 – 19 August 1938) was a Brazilian footballer. He played in ten matches for the Brazil national football team from 1920 to 1922. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1920 South American Championship ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Marcel Kuntz Marcel Kuntz is a French plant biotechnologist who is a Research Director in the Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale (Laboratory of Plant and Cell Physiology) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Centre for Sci ...

, French plant biologist *

Murray Kuntz Murray Robert Kuntz (born December 19, 1945) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played seven games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues in the 1974–75 season. The rest of his career, which lasted f ...

(born 1945), Canadian ice hockey right winger *

Robert J. Kuntz Robert J. Kuntz (born September 23, 1955) is a game designer and author of role-playing game publications. He is best known for his contributions to various ''Dungeons & Dragons''-related materials. Biography Early life Rob Kuntz was born Septe ...

(born 1955), American game designer *

Roger Kuntz Roger Edward Kuntz (January 4, 1926 – August 22, 1975) was a highly accomplished Southern California landscape painter and a member of the Claremont Group of painters - professors and graduates of Pomona College, Scripps College, and the ...

(died 1975), an American landscape painter * Russell "Rusty" Kuntz (born 1955), American baseball player * Stefan Kuntz (born 1962), German footballer *

Terry Kuntz Theron O. Kuntz (born December 25, 1953, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin) is a game designer who was an early associate of Gary Gygax and employee of TSR. Biography Kuntz was born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin on December 25, 1953. His family moved to ...

(born 1953), American game designer *

Thomas Kuntz Thomas Kuntz (born January 13, 1965) is an American multi-media artist notable for his contemporary automata. He has devoted a lifetime to acquiring the skills of a designer, sculptor, mechanic, automatist, animator, model-maker, painter and con ...

(born 1965), American multi-media artist * Tom Kuntz (born 1972), American filmmaker *

Zack Kuntz Zackary Patrick Kuntz (born June 4, 1999) is an American football tight end for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State and Old Dominion. Early years Kuntz was born on June 6, 1999, in Cam ...

(born 1999), American football player