Criss

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Alternative form of kris (“dagger”)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈkɹɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Criss is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 70K(measured from records)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 125K
  • GDGrenada1 in 8.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

4,738 people, 2010

Sources
338 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Grenada

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative form of kris (“dagger”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Criss counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Criss is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4,7381 in 70K4.7KCriss338
IT Italy≈970 est.≈1 in 64K—Criss14
GB United Kingdom≈530 est.≈1 in 125K—Criss58
IN India≈420 est.≈1 in 3.1M—Criss16
CA Canada≈340 est.≈1 in 110K—Criss53
AT Austria≈250 est.≈1 in 36K—Criss9
SG Singapore≈97 est.≈1 in 64K—Criss13
GD Grenada141 in 8.1K14—1

4,738 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Criss is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Romania, Portugal

    Also written Čŕĩśś, Crïss, Crìss, Crîss, Críss

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Romania, Mali

    Also written Cris'S

  • Lao surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Laos

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Crïšš, Crìss, Críss

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Criss is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, var of Krs.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Clair Carlton Criss, b. 1879Francis Criss, b. 1901Sonny Criss, b. 1927Lloyd Criss, b. 1941Charlie Criss, b. 1948Treach, b. 1970Shadwick Criss, b. 1976Darren Criss, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Criss,
InformalHi Criss,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Criss
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104.7K#7,066
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020004.6K#6,785
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.6K#7,081
GD GrenadaGrenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025202514#209
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Criss mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative form of kris (“dagger”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Criss?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹɪs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Criss have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 4.7 thousand people named Criss, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled criss.
Where is Criss most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Criss is densest in Grenada — about 1 in 8.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Criss?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,738 people named Criss in 2010, about 1 in 70 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Criss”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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