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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German kis ‘gravel’, ‘low grade iron ore’ (Old High German kisil ‘pebble’); probably a topographic name for someone living in an area of poor land covered with coarse sand and pebbles or an occupational name for an iron worker.

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