Kass
[/kæs/]Meaning
a surname of multiple origins, including German, Estonian and Ashkenazi Jewish
Background Story
Kass is a surname that arose in several different ways: as a nickname in the former eastern territories of Germany from the Czech word kos, meaning 'blackbird' or 'shrewd person'; from the Estonian word kass, 'cat'; from the given name Gazo; as an Ashkenazi Jewish surname from the given name Casriel; and possibly as an Americanized spelling of Káš or Kaše. The 2010 United States census recorded 3,796 people with the surname, making it the 8,655th-most-common surname in the country.
Variations
Kassie, Kassandra
Related Names
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Recorded as a given name in Portuguese, Japanese, Hawaiian and Greek
Kini
Recorded as a feminine given name in Hawaiian
Koko
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Kuka
Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese
Acki
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Cass
Short form of Cassandra, Cassidy and other names beginning with Cass
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Dicy
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