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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : Americanized form of Keis, which is probably of Slavic origin, or from Keiss, from a pet form of a Germanic personal name composed with gīs(il), as in Giesbrecht.
  • This family is believed to have been founded by a certain Peter Kice, a Hessian mercenary fighting for the British during the Revolutionary War. Eventually, he deserted and settled in Wharton, NJ.

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