The maus Surname
maus Name Meaning and History
- German: nickname for someone supposedly resembling a mouse, in appearance or timidity, from Middle High German mus ‘mouse’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Maus ‘mouse’, one of the most common of the unflattering surnames imposed on Jews by non-Jewish government officials in 18th- and 19th-century central Europe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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