Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from given name) Usage German Other Forms FormsNüss, Nies Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/24/2017 by Shannalise Joy Kuhn Edited 1/24/2017 by Shannalise Joy Kuhn Meaning & History from Middle High German nuz ‘nut’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a gatherer and seller of nuts, or a nickname for a man thought to resemble a nut in some way
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