Given name & surname
Guss
“a respected man; one who is exalted”
Guss is a variant of Gus. One German interpretation is “a respected man; one who is exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Guss is a variant of Gus. One German interpretation is “a respected man; one who is exalted.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Guss is a variant of Gus. An origin associated with Gus is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Guss through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,136
- 1,136 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 as a first name in 2020; 1,592 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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