Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch : from an old spelling of keizer ‘emperor’, ‘czar’; either as a nickname or as the title of the head of a sharpshooting club.
- German (Kyser) : occupational name for an inspector of food, wine, etc., from Middle High German kiesen ‘to choose’, ‘test’, or ‘inspect’.
- Jewish : Americanized spelling of Kaiser 2.