Wyss (family name)
Wyss [viːs] is a family name .
meaning
Wyss is a nickname (attribute name) in Middle High German wîz "white, blond" (after the hair color of the first name bearer).
variants
Diphthong variants are Weis , Weiss , Weiß , Weisz , Weihs , Weissová .
Name bearer
- Albert Wyss (architect) (1843–1916), Swiss architect
- Albert Wyss (soccer player) (* 1952), Swiss soccer player
- Alfred Wyss (1929–2016), Swiss monument conservator
- Amanda Wyss (born 1960), American actress
- Arnold Wyss (1904–1991), Swiss mathematician and didactician
- Arthur Wyss (archivist) (1852–1900), German historian and archivist
- Arthur Wyss (Postal Historian) ( Arthur Wyss-Niederer ), Swiss Postal Historian
- Barbara Wyss Flück (* 1963), Swiss politician (Greens)
- Beat Wyss (* 1947), Swiss art historian
- Bernhard Wyss (writer) (1833–1890), Swiss writer
- Bernhard Wyß , pseudonym of Otto Doderer (1892–1962), German writer and literary critic
- Bernhard Wyss (classical philologist) (1905–1986), Swiss classical philologist
- Brigit Wyss (* 1960), Swiss politician (Greens)
- Danilo Wyss (* 1985), Swiss cyclist
- David von Wyss the Elder , Mayor of Zurich
- David von Wyss (1763–1839), Swiss politician
- Denise Wyss (* 1965), Swiss priestess
- Dieter Wyss (1923–1994), German psychiatrist, psychotherapist, anthropologist and university professor
- Dolores Wintersberger-Wyss (1946–2005), French-Swiss artist
- Edmund Wyss (1916–2002), Swiss politician (SP)
- Edouard Wyss-Dunant (1897–1983), Swiss doctor and alpinist
- Emil Wyss (1883–1968), Swiss landscape architect
- Ernst Wyss (politician) (1857–1916), Swiss politician
- Ernst Wyss (lawyer) (1893–1955), Swiss lawyer and tax officer
- Esther Egger-Wyss (* 1952), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Franz Anatol Wyss (* 1940), Swiss painter
- Franz Salomon Wyss (1796–1849), Swiss-Austrian major general
- Georg von Wyss (1816–1893), Swiss politician and historian
- Georg Wyss (doctor) (1940–1998), Swiss doctor
- Georg von Wyss (Manager) (* 1964), Swiss manager and financial analyst
- Georg Heinrich von Wyss (1862–1900), Swiss physicist
- Hans Wyss (publisher) (1894–1987), Swiss publisher
- Hans Wyss (veterinarian) (* 1960), Swiss veterinarian
- Hansjörg Wyss (* 1935), Swiss entrepreneur and patron
- Hans Huggler-Wyss (1877–1947), Swiss sculptor
- Hans Konrad Wyss (1749–1826), Swiss politician
- Hans Rudolf Wyss (1731–1798), Swiss physician
- Hedi Wyss (* 1940), Swiss writer and journalist
- Heinrich Wyss (1854–1928), Swiss politician and judge
- Jakob Wyss (glass painter) , Swiss glass painter
- Jakob Otto Wyss (1846–1927), Swiss-American postal clerk and judge
- Johann Wyss (politician) (1888–1955), Swiss politician (KVP)
- Johann Bernhard Wyss (1909–1988), Swiss classical philologist, librarian and writer
- Johann David Wyss (1743–1818), Swiss pastor and author
- Johann Emanuel Wyss (1782–1837), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Johann Jakob Wyss (painter, 1754) (1754–1828), Swiss painter
- Johann Jakob Wyss (painter, 1876) (1876–1936), Swiss painter
- Johann Rudolf Wyss (the Elder) (1763–1845), Swiss pastor and poet
- Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782–1830), Swiss poet and philosopher
- Josef Wyss (sculptor) (1922–2005), Swiss sculptor
- Josef Wyss (local history researcher) (* 1934), Swiss local history researcher
- Joseph Wyss (1868–1956), Swiss automobile entrepreneur
- Karl Wyss (1909– ??), Swiss modern pentathlon
- Laure Wyss (1913–2002), Swiss journalist and writer
- Marcel Wyss (artist) (1930–2012), Swiss graphic designer and artist
- Marcel Wyss (director) (* 1978), Swiss film director and editor
- Marcel Wyss (cyclist) (* 1986), Swiss cyclist
- Max Albert Wyss (1908–1977), Swiss journalist and photographer
- Mischa Wyss (* 1983), Swiss chansonnier and cabaret artist
- Monika Wyss (* 1959), Swiss priestess
- Oskar Wyss (1840–1918), Swiss doctor and university professor
- Otto Wyss (1889–1960), Swiss lawyer and politician
- Otto Wyss-Dierks (1911–1994), Swiss photographer and photo reporter
- Paola von Wyss-Giacosa (* 1970), Swiss ethnologist
- Paul Wyss (arts and crafts teacher) (1875–1952), Swiss arts and crafts teacher, painter and graphic artist
- Paul Wyss (soccer player) (1893–?), Swiss soccer player
- Paul Wyss (artist) (1897–1984), Swiss painter, draftsman and lithographer
- Paul Wyss (painter) (* 1937), Swiss painter and sculptor
- Paul Wyss (politician) (* 1928), Swiss ice hockey player and politician (FDP)
- Paul Friedrich von Wyss (1844–1888), Swiss lawyer
- Peter Wyss (1925–2000), Swiss radio journalist
- Regina Fuhrer-Wyss (1959), Swiss politician (SP)
- Renate Wyss (* 1985), Swiss marathon runner
- Renato Wyss (* 1966), Swiss floorball coach
- René Wyss (* 1925), Swiss archaeologist and conservator
- Reto Wyss (rower) (* 1952), Swiss rower
- Reto Wyss (author) (* 1964), Swiss psychologist and author
- Reto Wyss (politician) (* 1965), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Robert Wyss , birth name of Robert Wuellner (1885–1966), Swiss actor, director and producer
- Robert Wyss (swimmer) (1901–1956), Swiss swimmer and water polo player
- Robert Wyss (graphic artist) (1925–2004), Swiss graphic artist, illustrator and wood cutter
- Robert L. Wyss ( Robert Ludwig Wyss ; 1921–2003), Swiss art historian
- Rudolf Wyss (pastor) (1855–1913), Swiss pastor, editor and writer
- Rudolf Wyss (journalist) (1903–1998), Swiss journalist and editor
- Rudolf Wyss (physician) (1917–1996), Swiss psychiatrist
- Ruedi Wyss ( Rudolf J. Wyss ; 1932–2007), Swiss musician and composer
- Sarah Wyss (* 1988), Swiss politician (SP)
- Silvan Wyss (* 1993), Swiss ice hockey player
- Tamara Wyss (1950–2016), German documentary film director
- Thomas Wyss (* 1966), Swiss football player
- Ulrich Wyss (* 1945), Swiss Germanist and university professor
- Urs Wyss (* 1939), Swiss phytopathologist and entomologist
- Ursula Wyss (* 1973), Swiss politician (SP)
- Verena Wyss (* 1945), Swiss writer
- Vinzenz Wyss (* 1965), Swiss communication scientist
- Walter Heinrich von Wyss (1884–1970), Swiss internist and science historian
- Werner W. Wyss (1926–2014), Swiss painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Wilhelm von Wyss (1864–1930), Swiss classical philologist, teacher and librarian
- Wilhelm Wyss (1920–2000), Swiss fighter in Spain and watchmaker
proof
- ↑ See Duden. Surnames. Origin and meaning of 20,000 surnames. Edited by Rosa and Volker Kohlheim. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005; under Weiss, Weiß and Wyss .
- ↑ Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume XVI, Column 1984 ff., Article wīss ; on the name Sp. 1995 f.