Given name & surname
Koos
Koos is a masculine given name. It is used in Afrikaans.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Afrikaans usage, Koos is a diminutive of JAKOBUS.
Koos’s family of names
In Afrikaans usage, Koos is a diminutive of JAKOBUS. In Afrikaans usage, Koos has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jake.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Koos
- Koos MaasdijkDutch rowerborn 1968
- Koos AndriessenDutch politician (1928-2019)
- Koos du PlessisSouth African musician (1945-1984)
- Koos RietkerkDutch politician (1927-1986)
- Koos KombuisSouth African musicianborn 1954
- Koos AlbertsDutch singer (1947-2018)
- Koos Jeroen KersDutch cyclistborn 1986
- Koos KöhlerDutch water polo player1905–1965
- Koos VorrinkDutch politician (1891–1955)
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