Kaube

Recorded in many forms including Kaub, Kauba, Kaube, and Kaup, the diminutives Kauble, Kaublein, and Kaupel, and other forms as well, this is a German medieval surname. It has several possible origins. Firstly it may be a transposed spelling or short form as 'Kob' of of the biblical name Jakob, introduced into Europe by knights retruning from the famous Crusades to free the Holy Land in the 12th century.