Given name & surname

Frau

Frau is a surname from German.

Original GermanSchmidt

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Frau comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Frau.

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Frau’s family of names

Frau as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the German form Schmidt.

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FrauSchmidt

The ring: across languages.

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See also 1

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