Kulis Family History
Kulis Name Meaning
Polish (also Kuliś) and Czech (Kuliš): nickname from a derivative of kula ‘ball’ (see Kula ). In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the Polish variant Kulisz. Czech (Kuliš): from a derivative of the personal name Kula The homonymous Sorbian cognate Kuliš (in both senses; see also 1 above) is found in Germanized and Americanized forms only (see Kulish ). Croatian (Kuliš): nickname from a dialect variant of kuliješ ‘hard-boiled corn mush’. Alternatively from a derivative of a short form of the personal name Mikula or perhaps Kulomir (see Kulic ). Altered form of Lithuanian Kulys: descriptive epithet for a lame person from kulys ‘lame’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022