Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Probus as a surname developed from PROBST.
Probus’s family of names
In Italian usage, Probus has a diminutive in PROVINO. In English usage, Probus as a surname developed from the German form PROBST. In English usage, Probus as a surname has a related form in PROBST.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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.
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