Preis Family History
Preis Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a laudable or celebrated person from Middle High German prīs German Preis ‘praise fame worth’. South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Prussia from a southern German variant of Preuss or from Yiddish prays ‘Prussia’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022