Kulish (Ukrainian: Куліш, Russian: Кули́ш, Polish: Kulisz) is a surname of Ukrainian origin.
In the Ukrainian language kulish means "millet porridge".
The Russian variant of this dish, kulesh (Russian: куле́ш, lit.
'kasha, gruel') should be differentiated from kulesha[citation needed] (maize-flour porridge).
Alternative spellings or transliterations of the surname include Kulisch (German), Kulisz (Polish), and Kuliš (Czech, Serbo-Croatian).