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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (also Häuser) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German hūs ‘house’, German Haus, + the suffix -er, denoting someone who gives shelter or protection. Compare Hausmann.
  • variant of Hausen.

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