Wajs

Wajs
Family name
Meaning	white, from hair colour or skin colour^[1]
Region of origin	Poland
Language(s) of origin	Polish (Polonized German or Yiddish)
Related names	Weiß, Weiss, Weisz, Weis; Weiße (Weisse), Weißer (Weisser), Weißmann (Weissmann, Weissman, Weismann, Weisman, Wiseman), Witt, Wittmann, Hviid, Weißbarth (Weißbart, Weissbarth, Weissbart), Weißhaupt (Weisshaupt, Weishaupt), Weißhaar (Weisshaar), Weißkopf (Weisskopf, Weiskopf), etc.; Biale, Bělohlávek, Bílá^[2], Bely, Fehér, Valkonen, Albu, Albinoni, Blanco, Bianco, Blanc, Blank, Branco, Laban, White; Schnee, Schneemann; Klar (Klahr), etc.; Weiz, Weitz

Bronisława Wajs (1908, Lublin - 1987, Inowrocław), a Romani Polish classic poetess and singer
Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz (1912, Pabianice, Łódzkie - 1990), a Polish female athlete
Joanna Wajs (born 1979, Warsaw), a Polish female writer, literary critic and literary translator

Also name of

Ollech & Wajs (O&W), a watch company based in Zurich, Switzerland

References

^ Rosa & Volker Kohlheim "Familiennamen - Herkunft und Bedeutung ", Duden, 2000, http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Duden,_Familiennamen_-_Herkunft_und_Bedeutung
^ cs:Bílá (příjmení)

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