Given name & surname

Cords

Cords is a surname from German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cords comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Kordts.

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Cords’s family of names

In English usage, Cords as a surname has an alternative spelling in CORDES. In English usage, Cords as a surname has a related form in CORDTS.

Walk Cords’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Sibling ideas

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