The biss Surname
biss Name Meaning and History
- English and Scottish: from Middle English bis, biss(e), bice, byse ‘dingy’, ‘dark’, ‘gray’, ‘murky’; ‘dark fur used for trimming and lining garments’ (Old French bis(e), of Germanic origin), hence a nickname for someone with an unhealthy complexion or someone who habitually dressed in particularly drab garments, or (from the noun) a metonymic occupational name for a furrier or maker of fur-trimmed garments.
- South German: nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person, from Biss ‘bite’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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