The koss Surname
koss Name Meaning and History
- Germanized spelling of Czech, Polish, Slovenian, and Jewish Kos.
- Eastern German: from a short form of the personal name Kosmas (see Kosman), popular mainly in Slavic-speaking regions.
- German: from an altered form of an old personal name formed with Old High German got ‘god’.
- Norwegian: habitational name from a farm so named, from Old Norse kos ‘mound’, ‘heap’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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