Kalisch Family History
Kalisch Name Meaning
German: habitational name from Kalisz (German name: Kalisch) in Poland (see Kalisz ). Germanized form of Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalisz Czech and Slovak Kališ (see Kalis ). Germanized form of Sorbian Kališ: topographic name derived from the root of Lower Sorbian kaliś ‘to make muddy’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022