Wyss (German pronunciation: [ˈʋiːs]) is an Alemannic form of the German surname Weiß used predominantly in Switzerland.[1][2] It comes from Middle High German wīz (white, blonde) and Old High German wîs (wise, clever, experienced, knows).[3]
Notable persons with the surname include:
- Amanda Wyss (born 1960), American actress
- Amy Wyss (born 1970/1971), Swiss-American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist.
- Andre Wyss (contemporary), American professor of paleontology
- Arthur Wyss (Archivar) (1852–1900), German historian and archivist
- Bernhard Wyss (1833–1890), Swiss writer
- Bernhard Wyss (1905–1986), Swiss philologist
- Brigit Wyss (born 1960), Swiss politician
- Danilo Wyss (born 1985), Swiss road racing bicyclist
- David von Wyss (1763–1839), Swiss politician
- David Wyss, American economist
- Denise Wyss (born 1965), first priestess of the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
- Dieter Wyss (1923–1994), German anthropologist and professor in Würzburg
- Dorothea Wyss (born around 1430/32, died after 1487) married Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland
- Esther Egger-Wyss (born 1952), Swiss politician (CVP)
- Franz Anatol Wyss (born 1940), Swiss painter
- Georg von Wyss (1816–1893), Swiss historian
- Hansjörg Wyss (contemporary), Swiss billionaire
- Johann David Wyss (1743–1818), Swiss author of The Swiss Family Robinson
- Johann Emanuel Wyss (1782–1837), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Johann Rudolf Wyss (1782–1830), Swiss author and folklorist; son of Johann David
- Johann Rudolf Wyss (der Ältere) (1763–1845), Swiss country priest and poet
- Laure Wyss (1913–2002), Swiss journalist and writer
- Marcel Wyss (born 1986), Swiss road cyclist
- Max Albert Wyss (1908–1977), Swiss journalist and photographer
- Monika Wyss (born 1959), Swiss Swiss Roman Catholic "priestess" (not officially recognized)
- Orville Wyss (1912–1993), American microbiologist
- Paul Wyss (born 1928), Swiss politician and former ice hockey player
- Paul Friedrich von Wyss (1844–1888), Swiss jurist and legal scholar
- Ruedi Wyss (1932–2007), Swiss musician and composer
- Sophie Wyss (1897–1983), Swiss soprano
- Thomas Wyss (born 1966), Swiss professional football player
- Ursula Wyss (born 1973), Swiss economist and politician
- Verena Wyss (born 1945), Swiss writer
- Vinzenz Wyss (born 1965), Swiss communication scientists
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Patrician families:
- ^ Kohlheim, Rosa; Kohlheim, Volker, eds. (2005). Duden. Familiennamen. Mannheim, Leipzig and Zürich: Dudenverlag.
- ^ Vgl.Duden. Familiennamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung von 20.000 Nachnamen. Bearbeitet von Rosa und Volker Kohlheim. Dudenverlag, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich 2005; unter Weiss, Weiß sowie Wyss.
- ^ Schweizerisches Idiotikon, Band XVI, Spalte 1984 ff., Artikel Wīss zu Wyss; zum Namen Sp. 1995 f.