About the Aue Surname

Aue belongs to the Auer family of names, which has Austrian roots. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Water meadow dweller”. Before spelling was fixed, Auer was also written Aue. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

387 Americans were listed as Aue in the 2010 census.

Arms linked to Auer and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Aue report, with a museum-style coat of arms.