Wyss (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.

[1] 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 .

[2] Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume XVI, Column 1984 ff., Article wīss ; on the name Sp. 1995 f.