Kosse Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Ask a genealogist about Kosse and the first name they will mention is Koss. The name is usually explained as “A descendant of Koss, a pet form of Godizo (God)”.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Koss and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Spelling and variants

Kosse adds “e” to Koss, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Kosa.

About 226 people in the United States were recorded as Kosse in 2010, placing it 83,226 on the national list. Get the complete Kosse report, with a museum-style coat of arms.