Kassis Family History
Kassis Name Meaning
Arabic (mainly the Levant): from qassīs dialect variant of qissīs ‘priest clergyman’ hence a status name a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a priest. Bearers of this surname are Christians. Compare Cassis Jewish (from North Africa): nickname from dialectal Arabic qassīs ‘Christian priest’ (see 1 above). Greek: possibly a Hellenization of Italian Cassi . It occurs in the Mani peninsula.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022