Kretschmar is a German occupational surname literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the term Kretscham for village inn. It comes from Middle High German kretschmar, which was borrowed from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech krčmář. Other forms include Kretschmer, Kretzschmar, and Kreczmar (Polonized form).
Notable people with the surname include:
- Daniel Kretschmar (born 1976), German journalist
- Gerhard Kretschmar (1939–1939), German eugenics victim
- Helmut Kretschmar (born 1928), German classical tenor
- William Kretschmar (1933–2017), American politician
- Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff a fictional character in the 1942 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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References
- "Kretschmar". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. 2013.
- Scheller, Andrea (2020). "Kretschmar". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands.