Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Kunz, a pet form of Konrad.
  • Eastern German (of Slavic origin) : nickname from Polish kusy ‘short’.
  • German : habitational name from Bernkastel-Kues on the Mosel river.
  • German : from the personal name Kus, a pet form of Markus (see Mark) or Dominikus (see Dominique).

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