The wise Surname

wise Name Meaning and History

English: nickname for a wise or learned person, or in some cases a nickname for someone suspected of being acquainted with the occult arts, from Middle English wise ‘wise’ (Old English wis). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs, a nickname meaning ‘wise’, and possibly cognates in other languages.
Americanized form of German and Jewish Weiss ‘white’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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wise Family Facts

Distribution of wise Families in the US in 1920

Number of wise families

648-1294

217-647

1-216

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 1584 - Messages: 3756

Thread	Author	Replies
Jim & Ruby Wise 65th. Anniversary	woodsman1953	0
Louis Wise	CHERBYD	0
Obit; Mildred D. Kerr (nee Wise) 1919-2OO8	woodsman1953	0
Maud(e) Wise Hairston	CHERBYD	0
Wise Family from Paton, Greene co., Iowa	jaciethomsen	3
Winn Parish Johne W. Wise	genejini	0
Mary Elizabeth Wise of Orange Co Va	oclarke11	0
Mary Elizabeth Wise of Orange Co Va	oclarke11	0
Greene & Sarah (McSwain) Wise Family Reunion	CKClark1973	0
Israel Wise	rdallen	0

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