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Kos

in Washington

There are 19 people with the last name "Kos" in Washington.

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Kos 29,590
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  1. is 29,586th most common Korneychuk
  2. is 29,587th most common Korovnik
  3. is 29,588th most common Korsmoe
  4. is 29,589th most common Korus
  5. is 29,590th most common Kos
  6. is 29,591st most common Kosinski
  7. is 29,592nd most common Koskovich
  8. is 29,593rd most common Kossow
  9. is 29,594th most common Kovash

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Kos

Carol, Cathi, David, Donald, Frank, Jan, Jojean, Kathryn, Kong, Kostadinov

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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