Thiessen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronym zu Matthias/Matthäus; 1026+391 Belege
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈθisən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Thiessen is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- CACanada
- DEGermany
- MXMexico
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronym zu Matthias/Matthäus; 1026+391 Belege. -ss/-ß- und -sen-Varianten markieren die patronymische Bildung.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Thiessen is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym aus Matthias; belegt die i(e)/ei-Varianz auch in der Vollform; 4767 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Familienname mit i/ei-Monophthong-Diphthong-Variation; 4767 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Dentale Konsonantenvariation ss/ß; Belege 1026+391.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Peter Adolf Thiessenb. 1899DEGerman chemist (1899-1990)
- Georg Heinrich Thiessenb. 1914DEGerman astronomer (1914-1961)
- Klaus Thiessenb. 1927DEGerman physicist
- Gordon Thiessenb. 1938CAGovernor of the Bank of Canada
- Dennis Thiessenb. 1961CACanadian wheelchair curler
- Marc Thiessenb. 1967USAmerican writer
- Tiffani Thiessenb. 1974USAmerican actress (born 1974)
- Jayson Thiessenb. 1976CACanadian animation director
- Matt Thiessenb. 1980USCanadian-American musician (born 1980)
- Zora Thiessenb. 1980DEGerman actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 17 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Thiessen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈθisən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Thiessen mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronym zu Matthias/Matthäus; 1026+391 Belege.
- In which country does Thiessen have the most bearers?
- Thiessen is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Thiessen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.