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Blau (surname)

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Blau is a German surname meaning "blue". This may have referred to the pale skin, the eyes, or the clothes of the original bearer of the name or the surname may be metonymic, e.g. referring to a dyer or someone who produced bluing in a mill. "Blau" is most commonly an ornamental Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

See also

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  • Blaauw, Dutch surname with the same meaning

References

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  1. ^ Blau Name Meaning at acnestry.com; sourced from Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press