Maus Family History
Maus Name Meaning
German: nickname for someone supposedly resembling a mouse in appearance or timidity from Middle High German mūs ‘mouse’. 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: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022