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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : habitational name from any of several places called Loose or Loosey.
  • North German : from a short form of Nikolaus, German form of Nicholas.
  • Dutch : nickname from the adjective loos ‘cunning’, ‘artful’, ‘guileful’.
  • English : variant spelling of Loose.

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