Given name & surname · also German

Kloss

Kloss is a surname from German, ultimately from Polish.

Original PolishKłos

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kloss comes from German, and ultimately from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Kloss as a surname developed from Kłos.

Kloss’s family of names

In German usage, Kloss has a later derivative in CLOS. In English usage, Kloss as a surname developed from the Polish form Kłos.

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KlossClosKłos

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Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Polish

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Polish

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Polish

Krol

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Polish

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Polish

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