Given name & surname

Gens

Gens is a surname from German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Gens comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Gens.

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Gens’s family of names

In English usage, Gens as a surname has a related form in Jens. In Greek usage, Gens is a transliteration of Γενς.

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GensΓενςJens

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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.

See also 3

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Sibling ideas

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