Liss Name Origin and Family Crest

Arms linked to Lis and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Liss

Liss is a familiar spelling of the Polish name Lis. The name is generally explained as “Fox”.

Liss adds “s” to Lis, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. In the 2010 US Census, 3,472 Americans gave Liss as their last name (rank 9,368). It sits among the 10,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 242 children named Liss between 1891 and 2000.

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