Weis (family name)
Weis is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Weis is a nickname (attribute name) for Middle High German wis (e) or Middle Low German wis with the meanings "experienced, clever, knowledgeable, understanding, wise".
For further meanings, see white (family name) .
variants
Name bearer
- Albin Weis (1897–1970), German politician and trade unionist
- Alexander Weis (* 1959), German civil servant
- Alexandra Weis (* 1993), German actress
- André Weis (* 1989), German soccer player
- Annemarie Weis (1877–1933), Swiss folklorist
- Aribert Weis (* 1948), German film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Bernhard Weis (* 1976), German soccer player
- Carlo Weis (* 1958), Luxembourg soccer player
- Charlie Weis (* 1956), American football coach
- Christian Weis (writer) (1966–2017), German writer
- Christian Weis (tennis player) (* 1968), German tennis player
- Don Weis (1922-2000), American director
- Eberhard Weis (1925–2013), German historian
- Erich Weis (musician) (1904–1962), Austrian violist
- Erich Weis (Romance studies) (1910–2003), Austrian Romance studies and university professor
- Flemming Weis (1898–1981), Danish composer
- Frank Weis (* 1967), German soccer player
- Frédéric Weis (* 1977), French basketball player
- Gerhard Weis (1938–2019), Austrian journalist and radio manager
- Hans Weis-Ostborn (1846–1906), Austrian lawyer, conductor and composer
- Heidelinde Weis (* 1940), Austrian actress
- Heinrich Weis (1901–1976), German journalist and editor
- Heinz Weis (* 1963), German athlete
- Indira Weis (* 1979), German singer and actress
- Jakob Weis (1879–1948), German clergyman
- Jessica M. Weis (1901–1963), American politician
- Johann Baptist Weis ( JB Weis ; 1801–1862), Austrian writer
- Julius Weis-Ostborn (1862–1927), Austrian tax clerk and conductor
- Jürg Weis (theologian) (1946–1988), Swiss theologian
- Karel Weis (1862–1944), Austrian composer and musician
- Karl-Heinz Weis (* 1927), German anesthesiologist
- Kaspar Weis (1620–1669), German theologian and pastor, see Johann Michael Weiß
- Kurt Weis (* 1940), German sociologist
- Ludwig Weis (1813–1880), German lawyer and politician, mayor of Würzburg
- Lynn Weis (* 1993), Luxembourg soccer player
- Manfred Weis (* 1956), see list of the mayors of Großrinderfeld
- Marc Weis (* 1965), German artist, see M + M
- Margaret Weis (* 1948), American writer
- Marina Weis (* 1967), German-Russian actress
- Martin Weis (politician) (1907–1970), German NSDAP politician, SA and SS leader
- Martin Weis (rower) (* 1970), German rower
- Nikolaus von Weis (1796–1869), German clergyman, Bishop of Speyer
- Nikolaus Weis (1905–1971), German politician (CDU)
- Norbert Weis (* 1950), German clergyman, cathedral chapter in Speyer
- Oliver Weis , German poker player
- Othmar Weis (1770–1843), German Benedictine and lyricist
- Otto Weis (also Otto Weiß ; around 1890 – after 1943), German architect
- Paul Weis (1907–1991), Austrian lawyer
- Peter Weis , German actor, voice actor and radio play speaker
- Petra Weis (* 1957), German politician
- Reinhard Weis (* 1949), German politician (SPD)
- Rüdiger Weis (* 1966), German computer scientist and cryptologist
- Rudolf von Weis-Ostborn (1862–1927), Austrian conductor and composer
- Sascha Oskar Weis (1970–2020), Austrian actor
- Stephanie Weis-Gerhardt (* 1950), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen) and environmental activist
- Thea Weis (1924–1999), Austrian actress
- Tobias Weis (soccer player, 1971) (* 1971), German soccer player (Karlsruher SC, SG Wattenscheid 09)
- Tobias Weis (soccer player, 1985) (* 1985), German soccer player (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
- Torkel Weis-Fogh (1922–1975), Danish zoologist and university professor
- Verena Weis , real name of Indira Weis (* 1979), German singer
- Walther Weis (1890–1968), German painter