What nationality is the last name Cypress?

Question

What nationality is the last name Cypress?

Answer 1

CYPRESS Name Meaning and History

Translation of German Zypress, a topographic name for someone living near a cypress tree or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a cypress, Middle High German zipres(se) (from Italian cipressa, Latin cupressus), or possibly of any of various Greek family names derived from kyparissos ‘cypress’, as for example Kyparissis, Kyparissos, Kyparissiadis, etc.

Answer 2

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Cypress Name Meaning and History

Translation of German Zypress, a topographic name for someone living near a cypress tree or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a cypress, Middle High German zipres(se) (from Italian cipressa, Latin cupressus), or possibly of any of various Greek family names derived from "kyparissos" ‘cypress’, as for example Kyparissis, Kyparissos, Kyparissiadis, etc.

www.familysearch.org

This is the earliest listing (#1, no less on the page) with a varied spelling:

Amaury De LUSIGNAN KING OF CYPRUS AND JERUSALEM--

Birth:   Abt. 1155 ,Of, Japhe, , France  

Death:   1 Apr 1205

Another early listing :

Bourgoyne Princess Of CYPRUS--Birth/Christening: 1158, St Giles, , France

Varied spellings include:  CYPRUS ;  de CHYPRE;  CYPRISSE; CYPRES ; SYPRIS ;  and CIPRES. The name is found in  Florida  ,  Connecticut  , District of Columbia,  Virginia , Massachusetts, Michigan, Alabama, Texas, New York, Tennessee, and overseas in  Germany,  Poland, Russia, Ussr , the island of Cyprus , France,  England, Spain,

Italy,  and Switzerland.

In the Ancestral File listings, you can find Kings, Queens, Princesses, etc. Besides the 2 above, there were:

1. Anne De LUSIGNAN PRINCESS OF CYPRUS--b. 1415

2. Henri II King Of CYPRUS AND JERUSALEM --b.1271

3. Hugues IV King Of CYPRUS--b.1293

4.Isabell D' ANJOU QUEEN OF JERUSALEM & CYPRUS--b. 1157

5. Pierre I King Of CYPRUS--b. 1329

6. SYBILLE PRINCESS OF CYPRESS --b.1198

Answer 3

Cypriote like the Island Cyprus.

Answer 4

It would be either German or English