- 1,953
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Knaus
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. from Middle High German knūz ‘proud’, ‘arrogant’, ‘daring’, hence a nickname for a haughty person. 2. in Württemberg knaus (and in Switzerland knūs) also meant ‘gnarl’, hence a nickname for a short, fat, gnarled person. 3. topographic name for someone living on a hillock, from knaus ‘hillock’ in the Swabian and Alemannic dialects of German.
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,953
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Knaus per capita
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