Släkthistoria för Kris
Kris Vad efternamn betyder
Slovak (Kriš rarely Kríš): variant of Križ or Kríž (see Kriz). Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Križ Czech Kříž (see Kriz) and related Slovak names (see above). Compare Krish. American shortened (and altered) form of Bulgarian and Macedonian Kristov (see Kristoff) and of some other related Slavic surnames beginning with Kris- Kriš- Kriz- Križ- or Krst- (see e.g. Kristof Krizan and Krstic). Compare Chris Criss and Kriss. Jewish (from Ukraine and southeastern Poland): perhaps a nickname or a metonymic occupational name from Ukrainian kris ‘flint lock firelock’. Alternatively it could be a nickname from Polish krys ‘end limit’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
