German: variant of Nase.Norwegian: habitational name from farmsteads in Møre og Romsdal and Telemark, named with Old Norse n{o,}s ‘nose’, used with reference to a nose-like formation in the landscape, for example, a precipitous crag or mountain peak.Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Donaas, a derivative of the Latin personal name Donatius, which was known as a saint’s name in medieval times.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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