Kanis Family History
Kanis Name Meaning
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a pedler from Dutch kanis ‘basket hamper’. Dutch and German: variant of Canis a humanistic surname a translation into Latin of Dutch De Hond or De Hondt German Hund or Hundt surnames meaning ‘dog’. German: variant of Kanitz .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022