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Kolb (surname)

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The surname Kolb originates from the Middle High German "kolbe", with various meanings. The main sense is a mace – a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor, or a cudgel – a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon and part of an official’s insignia. It may also be a house name – there is a record of a house named Zum Kolben in Strasbourg.

References

  1. "Kolb Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved August 22, 2015. In Silesia the term denoted a shock of hair or a shorn head.
  2. "Surname Kolbe". surnames.behindthename.com. Retrieved August 22, 2015. Means 'mace' in German. A mace is a heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armour.

See also

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