Kross (surname)

Family name

Kross is a surname. It is an occupational surname for a maker of ceramic kitchenware, metonymically derived from Middle Low German krus, kros ‘pitcher’, ‘ceramic drinking vessel’. Variants: Kröss, Kress.[1] It is also an Estonian spelling of the surname Gross.

Notable people with the surname include:

* David Kross (born 1990), German actor
* Eerik-Niiles Kross (born 1967), Estonian diplomat, politician and security advisor
* Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian writer
* Märten Kross (born 1970), Estoninan musician, artist, writer
* Kärt Kross (born 1968), Estonian actress
* Kayden Kross (born 1985), American pornographic actress
* Killer Kross (born 1985), American professional wrestler

## References

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1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited at ancestry.com

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Surnames associated with the Latin word grossus or Old High German grōz

Great, Big,
Thick, Tall|

| Germanic|

* Groos
* Grooss/Grooß

* Gross/Groß
* Grosse/Große
* Grossen
* Grosser/Großer
* Groesser/Grösser

* Groth
* Grothe
* Groot/De Groot
* Groote/De Groote
* Grote

* Grossfeld
* Groisman/Groysman
* Grosskopf/Großkopf
* Grossman/Großman/Grossmann/Großmann/Grosmann
* Grossmith

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Romance|

* Gros/Groș
* Legros/LeGros/Le Gros
* Grose
* Grosso
* Grosu/Grossu
* Grueso/Gruezo
* Delgrosso

Other|

* Estonian: Kross
* Hungarian: Grósz
* Polish Jewish: Grosz

Money|

* Grosch
* Grosh
* Groshev
* Grosz
* Groszek

Similar
but unrelated|

* Grassmann/Grassman
* Kross
* Kroos
* Goss

Additional meaning|

Grose

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