Wais Family Crest & Name History

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The meaning behind Wais

Ancestors listed as Wais are often found as Weis a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Weis, is “White”.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Wais has “a” where Weis has “e”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. In the 2010 US Census, 390 Americans gave Wais as their last name (rank 53,072).

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