Mau Family History
Mau Name Meaning
North German: nickname for a dandy or an affluent person from Middle Low German mouwe ‘sleeve’ referring to a wide sleeve of expensive ornamented fabric. Portuguese: nickname from mau ‘bad evil’ (from Latin malus). French: nickname from a variant of mal ‘bad’. Chinese: variant of Mao . Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 繆 see Miao Vietnamese (Mâu): from the Chinese surname 缪 see Miao
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022