Kniess Family History
Kniess Name Meaning
German: variant of Knies Compare Kniss . Germanized form of Sorbian Kněz or Kniz ‘lord master’ also ‘priest’ (see Knies ). German: habitational name from a place in Mecklenburg of the cognate Slavic origin as 2 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022