Huss

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Huss is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname6.3K records spelled Huss6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Canada

  Languages: French, Italian, Catalan

  Also written Hüss, Hûss, Hư'Ss

• Arabic surname1.2K records spelled Huss29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan

  Also written Huşş, Husś, Hüśś, Ḥuṣṣ, Hüss

• Danish surname1.1K records spelled Huss7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, United States, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

  Also written Hüss

• Vietnamese surname242 records spelled Huss2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Vietnam, United States, Sweden

  Also written Hư'Ss

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Huss is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• status name for a householder or for someone who lived or worked at a house, Middle Low German hus ‘house’ (see House).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A dogfish.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• from Czech husa ‘goose’ (see Husa).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• most probably from German.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• unexplained.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Magnus Hussb. 1755SESwedish businessman and shipbuilder (1755 – ca. 1797)
• Magnus Hussb. 1807SESwedish doctor (1807-1890)
• Józef Hussb. 1846PLPolish architect
• Henry Holden Hussb. 1862USAmerican musician (1862–1953)
• Erik Hussb. 1913SESwedish politician
• Anders Hussb. 1964SESwedish ice hockey player
• Toby Hussb. 1966USAmerican actor
• Stephen Hussb. 1975AUAustralian tennis player
• Adam Hussb. 1977USAmerican actor
• Daniel Hussb. 1979LULuxembourgish footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 38 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Huss?

We estimate roughly 8.3 thousand people bear Huss (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Huss have the most bearers?

We estimate about 6.3 thousand people bear Huss in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled huss.

How common is Huss compared with other names?

In Belize, Huss is the 46th most common surname of 10,461 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Huss mean?

Recorded meaning: from the Germanic personal name Huzo, a short form of any of the various compound names formed with hugi ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ as the first element.