Strauss
Sign in to saveStrauss, Strauß, or Straus is a common Germanic surname. Outside Germany and Austria Strauß is usually spelled Strauss (the letter "ß" is not used in the German-speaking part of Switzerland). In classical music, "Strauss" most commonly refers to Richard Strauss or Johann Strauss II.
Key facts
- Surname.name
- Strauss
- Surname.image
- DEU Strausberg COA.svg
- Surname.caption
- An ostrich as symbol of the town of Strausberg
- Surname.region
- Germania
- Surname.origin
- Middle High German from Old High German strūz
- Surname.variant
- Strauß, Struz, Strutz, Straus, Strause, Struys, Struijs, Struis, Straussman, Strausman
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- Commons category
- Strauss (surname)
- Soundex
- S362
- Cologne phonetics
- 8278
- native label
- Strauss
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Strauss, Strauß, or Straus is a common Germanic surname. Outside Germany and Austria Strauß is usually spelled Strauss (the letter "ß" is not used in the German-speaking part of Switzerland). In classical music, "Strauss" most commonly refers to Richard Strauss or Johann Strauss II.
The name has been used by families in the Germanic area for at least a thousand years. The overlord of Gröna, for example, went by the name of Struz and used the image of an ostrich as his symbol. Examples of it could still be seen on the thousand-year-old church bell of that town. "Struz" or "Strutz" is the North-German form of the word "Strauss", which is the modern German word for ostrich.