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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Polish: nickname from a derivative of kula ‘ball’ (see Kula, Kulka).
  2. Czech (Kuliš): from a short form of the personal name Mikuláš, Czech form of Nicholas.
  3. Latvian and Lithuanian (also Kulys): descriptive epithet for a lame person, from kulys ‘lame’.