Kaut Family History
Kaut Name Meaning
German:: metonymic occupational name for a flax grower or dealer from Middle High German kūte ‘bundle of flax’. from Kaut(e) ‘male dove’ hence a metonymic occupational name for the owner or keeper of a dovecote. topographic name from the Franconian dialect word Kaut(e) ‘hollow pit den’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022