The Weiss Surname
Weiss Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with white hair or a remarkably pale complexion, from Middle High German wiz ‘white’, German weiss.
- German: variant of Weis.
- German: habitational name from any of various places named Weis(s) or Weissen.
- German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with wig ‘battle’ or widu ‘wood’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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