Malkus Family History
Malkus Name Meaning
North German and Dutch: from a variant of the Biblical personal name Malchus (in Christian tradition believed to be the name of the person whose ear was cut off by Peter in the garden of Gethsemane). Polish (Małkus): nickname from the dialect word małkus ‘stag which had shed its horns’. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic a variant of Malkin with the Yiddish possessive suffix -s.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022