Meis Family History
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Meis Name Meaning
German: variant of Meise. German: variant of Meiss. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Remeis, from the Latin personal name Remigius (see Remy), which was born by two early medieval bishops in Normandy. Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal name Meinso, a variant of Mein. Dutch: possibly a late variant of Mys (see Mis), or a metronymic from the personal name Clemeinse, Clementia, from the Latin female personal name Clementia (meaning ‘mercy’) or from a derivative of clemens ‘merciful’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Melis, Reis, Mis, Neis, Mein, Mei, Meise, Mais, Sens, Mars