as a Last Name
- 7,098
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Kress
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. from a much altered pet form of the personal name Erasmus, a Latinized form of Greek erasmos ‘loved’ (see Rasmus). 2. from a much altered pet form of the personal name Christian. 3. from Middle High German kresse ‘gudgeon’, hence probably a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman. 4. unflattering nickname for a greedy person, from Old High German krāssig, grātag ‘greedy’.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,098
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Kress per capita
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