# Biss

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #89,166

## Definitions
1. A surname from German or Middle English or transferred from the nickname.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* English surname from Middle English bis (“dark, murky, gray”), an adjective related to French bis (“beige”) and Italian bigio (“ash gray, dun”).
* Borrowed from German Biss (“bite”), a nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/biss