Wajs
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ˈvajs/(recorded in a dictionary) Polish · from Wiktionary
Wajs is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Poland. Recorded meaning: From German Weiss.
- PLPoland
- FRFrance
- GBUnited Kingdom
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.
How to pronounce Wajs
- Polish:/ˈvajs/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- GermanWeiss(measured from records)
- Middle High GermanwTz(inferred from the name graph)via Weiss
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From German Weiss.
Cited for this meaning 1
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)Wajs is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, var of Vais.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In wym, white
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)- Bronisława Wajsb. 1908PLPolish-Romani classical poet and singer
- Jadwiga Wajsb. 1912PLPolish discus thrower (1912–1990)
- Joanna Wajsb. 1979PLPolish writer
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)18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wajs mean, and where does it come from?
- From German Weiss. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Wajs?
- In Polish /ˈvajs/ (Wiktionary).
- In which country does Wajs have the most bearers?
- Wajs is most frequently recorded in Poland.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wajsThe 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
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wajs”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.