Kallis Family History
Kallis Name Meaning
Greek: from a short form of the personal name Kallistos from kallistos ‘most beautiful’ or a shortened form of a patronymic formed from it. Alternatively and more likely a variant of Kallas . Compare Callis . German: from a Germanized Slavic variant of the personal name Gallus (see Gall ). Altered form of German Kallies . Americanized form of Slovak Kalis .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022