Nau Family History
Nau Name Meaning
German: variant of Neu . French: metonymic occupational name for a boatman from Occitan nau ‘ship boat’ (from Latin navis). French: from a shortened form of a personal name such as Arnaud (see Arnold ) or Renaud (see Reynold ). This surname (in any of the two possible senses; see also 2 above) is also found in Haiti.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022