Kiss (surname)

Kiss is a very common Hungarian surname, derived from kis, meaning "small". The name was applied as a nickname for a person of small stature or the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. It may refer to:


 * Antal Kiss (1935–2021), Hungarian athlete
 * August Kiss (1802–1865), German sculptor
 * Balázs Kiss (athlete) (born 1972), Hungarian athlete
 * Balázs Kiss (wrestler), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler
 * Béla Kiss (1877–1916), Hungarian serial killer
 * Cássia Kiss (born 1958), Brazilian actress
 * Dániel Kiss (athlete) (born 1982), Hungarian athlete
 * Edmund Kiss (1886 – 1960) German pseudo-archaeologist
 * Elizabeth Kiss (born 1961), U.S. academic
 * Gergely Kiss (born 1977), Hungarian water polo player
 * Géza Kiss (1882–1952), Hungarian freestyle swimmer
 * György Kiss (footballer) (born 1975), Hungarian football player
 * István Kiss (disambiguation), multiple people
 * John Z. Kiss (born 1960), American biologist
 * József Kiss (disambiguation), several people
 * József Kiss (1896-1918), Austro-Hungarian flying ace
 * László Kiss (footballer) (born 1956), Hungarian football coach
 * Les Kiss (born 1964), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
 * Manyi Kiss (1911–1971), Hungarian actress
 * Nicky Kiss, British rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
 * Péter Kiss (1959–2014), Hungarian politician
 * Peter Kiss (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player
 * Robert S. Kiss (1957–2021), U.S. politician
 * Tamás Pál Kiss (born 1991), Hungarian racing driver
 * Zoltán Kiss (born 1980), Hungarian football player