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Kaus (surname)

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Kaus is a German language surname.[1][2] Such as the related Kauss it either belongs to the group of family names derived from a given names – in this case from several compound names of Germanic origin with the element gōʐ "Goth" (e. g. Goswin, Gosbert, Gosbald or Gauzbert) – or may be a variant of the habitational name Kues (from Late Latin covis "field barn", "rack").[3] Notable people with the name include:

  • Bill Kaus (1923–2006), Australian politician
  • Gina Kaus (1893–1985), Austrian-American novelist and screenwriter
  • Jan Kaus (born 1971), Estonian writer
  • Max Kaus (1891–1977), German expressionist painter
  • Mickey Kaus (born 1951), American journalist, pundit and author
  • Otto Kaus (1920–1996), American lawyer and judge
  • Stephen Kaus (born 1948), American journalist

References

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  1. ^ "Kaus Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-03-15. Approximately 5,652 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Estonia.
  2. ^ Naumann, Horst (1994). Das große Buch der Familiennamen: Alter, Herkunft, Bedeutung. München: Bassermann Verlag. p. 369. ISBN 978-3809421856.
  3. ^ "Kaus Surname". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15. German: from a regional (Hessian) variant of the habitational name Kues, from a place on the Mosel river, probably so named from Late Latin covis 'field barn', 'rack' and earlier recorded as Couese, Cobesa.