Dutch: patronymic
from a short form of the personal name Desiderius.
German:
from a short form of the personal name Matthäs, a variant of
Matthäus (see Matthew), or in some instances an
Americanized spelling of Diess (see Dies).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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