The Name "Kasis"

Nickidewbear 23 | 609

19 Jan 2015 / #1

I have two late cousins named Kasis Andrulewitz, and I'm still wondering what "Kasis" means. I did ask about it before. Is it actually Polish?

Wulkan - | 3137

19 Jan 2015 / #2

Is it actually Polish?

Magdalena 3 | 1827

19 Jan 2015 / #3

a misspelling of "Kasia" perhaps? otherwise no, not Polish.

jon357 73 | 22653

19 Jan 2015 / #4

It does sound like Kasia transcribed or read incorrectly from an old document. Be aware though that Kasia is a diminutive of Katarzyna rather than a 'stand alone' name.

milawi - | 60

19 Jan 2015 / #5

It does sound like Kasia transcribed or read incorrectly from an old document

Kazik (Kazimierz) is also a possibility

vidils - | 10

19 Jan 2015 / #6

If ethnically lithuanian, I would say Kazys (or latvian Kazis).But in your case, could be americanized version of his hebrew name.

OP Nickidewbear 23 | 609

20 Jan 2015 / #7

Thank you so much. It definitely is "Kasis", meanwhile. I double checked multiple records. Also, to anyone else, immigrants did not change their names at Ellis Island or wherever. They gave names (true or false) at the ports of emigration:

None of this even matters, though, because immigration officers at Ellis Island never wrote down immigrants' names.

Without gloating, then, I have to say that I was right about Great-Great-Granddad Julian Czerniecki (z"l). By the way, Dara Horn is actually very educated. In fact, her biography on her own page begins:

Dara Horn was born in New Jersey in 1977 and received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University in 2006, studying Hebrew and Yiddish.

This is from the Amazon version. My anti-virus software blocked her website.