Maus : 1: German: nickname for someone supposedly resembling a mouse in appearance or timidity from Middle High German mūs ‘mouse’.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Maus ‘mouse’ one of the most common of the unflattering surnames imposed on Jews by non-Jewish government officials in 18th- and 19th-century central Europe.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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