Posted by Andreas Karius (suirak@yahoo.com) on April 27, 1999 at 10:24:10 AM MDT:
In Reply to: meaning of 'Karius' posted by b on January 25, 1999 at 02:42:16 AM MST:
As far as I know - and my family name is also Karius - the word comes from Latin language and is the comparative of the adjective "carus", which means "dear" or literally "dearer".