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meise Name Meaning and History

  1. German: nickname, probably for someone who was agile, from Middle High German meise ‘titmouse’; or perhaps in some cases a metonymic occupational name for a fowler (a bird catcher).
  2. German: habitational name from any of several places called Meise or Meisa.
  3. German: occupational name for someone who made panniers or used one in his work, Middle High German meise.
  4. Dutch: variant of Meis 4.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of meise Families in the US in 1920
Number of meise families
 13-23
 5-12		 1-4
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