Kross (surname)

Kross is a surname. It is an occupational surname for a maker of ceramic kitchenware, metonymically derived from Middle Low German krus, kros ‘pitcher’, ‘ceramic drinking vessel’. Variants: Kröss, Kress.[1] It is also an Estonian spelling of the surname Gross.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • David Kross (born 1990), German actor
  • Eerik-Niiles Kross (born 1967), Estonian diplomat, politician and security advisor
  • Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian writer
  • Märten Kross (born 1970), Estoninan musician, artist, writer
  • Kärt Kross (born 1968), Estonian actress
  • Kayden Kross (born 1985), American pornographic actress
  • Killer Kross (born 1985), American professional wrestler

References
  1. Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited at ancestry.com
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