The mies Surname
mies Name Meaning and History
- South German: topographic name for someone who lived by a peat-bog, Middle High German mies; or a habitational name from Mies, named with the same word.
- Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Bartholomeus (see Bartholomew).
- Dutch (van der Mies): variant of Meers 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 9 - Messages: 23
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Helen, Louise, Harry Mies |
| 0 |
| family photographs | Melissa Lane | 2 |
| Meis family in Eiffel Region of Germany |
 T_Zabarsky
| 3 |
| Mies, Finneman - Stearns Co., MN |
kathyseverance
| 8 |
| Nicholas Mies | Matt Freund | 1 |
| Franz (Frank) Mies and Christina Doering |
gamies1037
| 0 |
| Mies | joan | 0 |
| Surname MIESWINKEL | A. Mieswinkel | 0 |
| search for history | Robert D. Miesbach | 0 |
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