Family name origins & meanings
- German : nickname, probably for someone who was agile, from Middle High German meise ‘titmouse’; or perhaps in some cases a metonymic occupational name for a fowler (a bird catcher).
- German : habitational name from any of several places called Meise or Meisa.
- German : occupational name for someone who made panniers or used one in his work, Middle High German meise.
- Dutch : variant of Meis 4.