Wäis
given name · Latin script
Wäis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country. In Djibouti it is the 13th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From German Weiss.
- DJDjibouti≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- AFAfghanistan≈1 in 17K
- ATAustria≈1 in 26K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Djibouti, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Wais in DE Germany, SY Syria, AT Austria and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- GermanWeiss(measured from records)
- Middle High GermanwTz(inferred from the name graph)via Weiss
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
From German Weiss.
Sources 1
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wäis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF Afghanistan | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 17K | 1 | Wais | 21 |
| DJ Djibouti | #13 | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 3 | Wais | 9 |
| IQ Iraq | — | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | Wais | 14 |
| SY Syria | — | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 36K | 1 | Wais | 9 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 162K | — | Wais | 71 |
| PL Poland | — | 430 | 1 in 89K | 217 | — | 2 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Wais | 48 |
| NO Norway | — | 86 | 1 in 64K | 86 | — | 11 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Journal Officiel — Decret 2023-028, listes des candidats (legislatives 2023). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wäis mean, and where does it come from?
- From German Weiss. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Wäis a male or female name?
- Wäis is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Wäis have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Wäis in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wais.
- How common is the name Wäis?
- In Poland, the national register counted 430 people named Wäis in 2026, about 1 in 89 thousand residents.
- How common is Wäis compared with other names?
- In Djibouti, Wäis is the 13th most common surname of 79 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Wäis?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/w%C3%A4isThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wäis” — the 13th most common surname in Djibouti. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.