Kress Family History
Kress Name Meaning
German:: from Middle High German kresse ‘gudgeon’ a minor fish hence a nickname for a poor person. unflattering nickname for a greedy person from Old High German krāssig grātag ‘greedy’. from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Christian (compare below) or in some cases a vernacular short form of the personal name Erasmus . Compare Gressel (of Slavic origin): from a Germanized form of Křes an Old Czech personal name which is a short form of names beginning with Křes- e.g. Křesťan an equivalent of Christian .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022