The blau Surname
blau Name Meaning and History
- German: from Middle High German bla ‘blue’ (Old High German blao), applied as a nickname with various senses: someone who habitually wore blue clothes, a dyer, someone with blue eyes, a sickly or pale person, someone with a bluish complexion resulting from poor circulation, etc.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name, one of the many such Ashkenazic surnames taken from names of colors.
- Catalan: from blau ‘blue’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Michael Blau (husband of Barbara Dobmeier) |
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| Michael Blau - William Blue |
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| Blau in Gehaus and Vacha (Thuringia) |
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| Kenneth Saunders Blau |
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| Genevefa Blau Strobel 1818 |
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| Anton Blau obituary, Milwaukee 1957 |
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| Blau Family | Mike Potter | 13 |
| MATHIAS BLAU (1824-1886) |
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| August Blau & Minnie Koehler | Mary Ann Loss | 1 |
| Blau - Roth Cousins, NYC-Hungary | John S | 3 |
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