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Kos

in Texas

There are 51 people with the last name "Kos" in Texas.

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Kos 24,950
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  1. is 24,946th most common Kinnaman
  2. is 24,947th most common Klosterman
  3. is 24,948th most common Knipstein
  4. is 24,949th most common Knittel
  5. is 24,950th most common Kos
  6. is 24,951st most common Kountz
  7. is 24,952nd most common Kristoff
  8. is 24,953rd most common Kroger
  9. is 24,954th most common Kusak

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kok, Kus, Koc, Kis, Kaz, Kes, Kas, Kiz, Koz, Kuz

Most Common First Names for Kos

Carl, Dennis, Eric, Kristine, Nicole, Patricia, Paul, Sandra, Alan, Amy

Meaning & History

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Kos

Slovenian, Croatian, Czech, and Polish: nickname from kos ‘blackbird’, denoting someone thought to resemble the bird in some way, for example someone with a good singing voice. This is a very common surname in Slovenia and Croatia.

Czech and Sorbian (Koš): metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker, from koš ‘basket’.

German (Kös): possibly a nickname for a gossip or a smooth-talker, from Middle High German kōse, koese ‘talk’, ‘chat’. Compare Koser.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin. It may be an ornamental name from Slavic kos ‘blackbird’, as in 1, or alternatively it may be from Hebrew kos ‘drinking glass’ or Yiddish kos ‘goblet’, ‘cup’, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made glasses or cups.

Dutch: from a Zeeland personal name derived from Constantius (see Constant).

Hungarian (Kós): from a Turkish loanword kos ‘ram’ (from Old Turkish qoč, Ottoman Turkish qoç); perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd but more probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal.

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