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Definition: A variant of WEISS, from the Middle High German "wiz" meaning white. Originally a nickname for a person with white skin or white hair. WHITE is the English variant of this surname.
Surname Origin:
German
Alternate Surname Spellings:
WEISS, WEIS
More Resources for the Surname WEIß :
Surname Finder - WEIß Genealogy & Family Resources WEISS Surname & Family Mailing List WEISS Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - WEIß Genealogy German Genealogy Cousin Connect - WEIß Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - WEIß Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - WEIß Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
