The bliss Surname

bliss Name Meaning and History

English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blythe 1.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis and of unknown origin. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire was named after a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.
German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blide ‘happy’, ‘friendly’. Compare 1.
Americanized spelling of French Blois.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The bliss name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bliss family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bliss Families in the US in 1920

Number of bliss families

220-437

74-219

1-73

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Albert Bliss (b. 1871 Luton)	vidler195	0
Australian & New Zealand Bliss	bradleybliss	8
Herbert Bliss Of Elyria Lorraine County Ohio was born in Michigan	AmiePW78	0
BLISS Winifred H and Gerald R	t42Moore	0
BLISS Mary Frances and Allen Wesley	t42Moore	0
THE BLISS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY	MichaelJFBliss	8
Bliss books	Linda	3
Bernice Bliss m. Clarence Earl Hahn in 1931	llisk8	4
No Blisses at Belstone	tombliss_1	2
Elizabeth Bliss Arnold Family in Marysville, CA in the 1850s	knrivers	0

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