Given name & surname
Weiss
Weiß is a surname from German. It is used in English, German, and Italian.
Original GermanWais
Meaning & origin
Weiss’s family of names
In German usage, Weiss has a later derivative in WAIS. In German usage, Weiss as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form White. In German usage, Weiss as a surname has a related form in WAIS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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