Kulish Family History
Kulish Name Meaning
Ukrainian and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname from Ukrainian and Yiddish kulish ‘thin gruel potato soup’. Americanized form of Polish Kuliś or Kulisz Czech Sorbian and Croatian Kuliš (see Kulis ) and of their Germanized form Kulisch. Americanized form of Croatian Kuljiš: nickname derived from kulja ‘big belly; tripe’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022