Kiss (surname)

For other uses, see Kiss (disambiguation).

Kiss (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkiʃ]) is a very common Hungarian surname. Like Kis (surname), it was derived from kis, meaning "small" and applied as a nickname for a person of small stature or the younger of two bearers of the same personal name.[1] It may refer to:

* Antal Kiss (1935–2021), Hungarian athlete
* August Kiss (1802–1865), German sculptor
* Balázs Kiss (athlete) (born 1972), Hungarian athlete
* Balázs Kiss (wrestler), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler
* Béla Kiss (1877–1916), Hungarian serial killer
* Cássia Kiss (born 1958), Brazilian actress
* Dániel Kiss (athlete) (born 1982), Hungarian athlete
* Edmund Kiss (1886 – 1960) German pseudo-archaeologist
* Elizabeth Kiss (born 1961), U.S. academic
* Gergely Kiss (born 1977), Hungarian water polo player
* Géza Kiss (1882–1952), Hungarian freestyle swimmer
* György Kiss (footballer) (born 1975), Hungarian football player
* István Kiss (disambiguation), multiple people
* John Z. Kiss (born 1960), American biologist
* József Kiss (disambiguation), several people
* József Kiss (1896-1918), Austro-Hungarian flying ace
* László Kiss (footballer) (born 1956), Hungarian football coach
* Les Kiss (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
* Manyi Kiss (1911–1971), Hungarian actress
* Nicky Kiss, British rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
* Péter Kiss (disambiguation), several people
* Péter Kiss (1959–2014), Hungarian politician
* Peter Kiss (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player
* Robert S. Kiss (1957–2021), U.S. politician
* Sándor M. Kiss (1943–2025), Hungarian historian
* Tamás Pál Kiss (born 1991), Hungarian racing driver
* Zoltán Kiss (born 1980), Hungarian football player

## See also

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* Kis (disambiguation)
* Kish (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ "Ancestry. Retrieved on April 19, 2016.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Kiss.
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