Javitz, Javits, Jawitz, Yavetz, Yawitz, or variation, is a Jewish surname. For the Biblical sources of the name see Jacob Emden.
People with this name include:
People Dan Jawitz (born 1960), South African screen producer Jacob Javits (1904-1986), an American politician Marian Javits (1925-2017), U.S. actress, arts patron, wife of Jacob K. Javits Paul Yawitz (1900-1983), U.S. screenwriter Romana Javitz (1903-1980), U.S. librarian Ze'ev Yavetz (1847-1924), a Polish-Jewish historian, teacher and Hebrew linguist Zvi Yavetz (1925-2013), Israeli historian
Fictional characters Javitz (Marvel Comics), a comic book supervillain; see List of Marvel Comics characters: J#Javitz
See also Jabez Jarvis (name), one way to Anglicize the Jewish surname (though not only used for the Jewish surname) Javet (surname)