Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Polish usage, Wais as a surname developed from WEISS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wais through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 201 as a first name in 2020; 494 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wais’s family of names
In Polish usage, Wais as a surname developed from the German form WEISS. In German usage, Wais as a surname has a related form in WAISS. In German usage, Wais as a surname has a related form in WAYS.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Wais
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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