Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized spelling of Dutch Keurlis, of unexplained origin; possibly a variant of Cuelers, which is ultimately a patronymic from a short form of the personal name Nikolaas (see Nicholas).
- English : variant of Corliss.
- A Pieter Keurlis, one of the founders of Germantown, emigrated from Krefeld, Germany, in 1683.