as a Last Name
- 1,516
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Gaus
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. from Middle Low German gōs, gūs ‘goose’ (or Bavarian and Alemannic gaus), a nickname for a foolish person or metonymic occupational name for a breeder of geese. 2. from a short form of an old personal name formed with Old High German gawi ‘fertile region’, ‘district’.
| 18,732nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,516
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Gaus per capita
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