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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of German Mebes, pet form of the personal name Bartholomäus (see Bartholomew).
  • Christoph Maibus came to Charleston, SC, in 1833 with his two sons Rhinehart and Eustace. Many present-day American bearers of this name are descended from them.

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