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Type Surname
Usage Japanese
Scripts 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲(Japanese Kanji) くりす(Japanese Hiragana) クリス(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This surname is used as 栗栖, 栗須, 栗洲 with 栗 (ri, ritsu, ononoku, kuri) meaning "chestnut", 栖 (sei, su.mu) meaning "cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought" and 洲 (shuu, su, shima) meaning "continent, country, island, sandbar."One bearer of this surname is Hōichi Kurisu (栗栖 宝一), a noted designer of Japanese gardens.This surname may not be related to the English first name Chris.