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Onomastics and disambiguational information about the words and place & human names that forms Wieg, Wiege-.
die Wiege (di vig) means cradle. Also Wieg is cradle in Dutch language.
According to Radix Index, there are surname variants: Wieg, Wiegand/Wiegandt/Wiegant, Wiegenfeld, Wieger, Wiegert, Wiegler, Wiegner ([1]).
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[edit] Wiegand
Wiegand is an old German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb wgan, meaning to fight. through the past participle form wgant, meaning the fighter. The word comes from wîg (battle/war). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name.
Variations of the name:
- Wîgand****** (Anglo-Saxon, ahd., mhd., mnd.)
- Weigand (early New High German)
- Wiegand (Middle High German-New High German)
- further: Weiand, Weyand, Weygand, Weigend, Wigand, Wiegandt.
People with the name Wiegand:
- Britta Wiegand (* 1968), television personality
- Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), U.S. journalist and abstract artist
- Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), U.S. physicist
- Ernest H. Wiegand
- Frank Wiegand (* 1943), German swimmer
- Graciela Wiegand (* 1960), agricultural scientist
- Gunnar Wiegand (* 1957), EU diplomat
- Hans-Gerd Wiegand television personality
- John R. Wiegand, discoverer of the Wiegand effect and inventor of Wiegand wire
- Kathrin Beatrix Wiegand (* 1951), wife of a Luitpold, Prince of Bavaria
- Matthias Wiegand (* 1954), cyclist
- Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936), German archaeologist
- Patrick J. Wiegand
- Wayne A. Wiegand
- Willy Wiegand (1884–1961), publisher and Schriftentwerfer
- Wolf Achim Wiegand (* 1954), German journalist, Kommunikationscoach and Medientrainer
- Wiegand effect (Wiegand interface)
- Wiegand wire
[edit] Wiege
- Jim Wiege
[edit] Wiegel
Wiegel, Wiegell, Wiegels, Wiegells:
- Hans Wiegel
- Franz Wiegele, see German article
[edit] Wiegler
- Paul Wiegler (1878–1949), German writer
[edit] Wieger
- Wieger, see German article
- David Michael Wieger, screenwriter
- Léon Wieger / Leon Wieger (1856-1933), French Jesuit, sinologist
- Wieger Mensonides (b.1938), Dutch swimmer
[edit] Wiegers
[edit] Wiegert
- Gerald Wiegert
- Larry Wiegert, Louise Wiegert see The Pardoner's Tale (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
- Zach Wiegert
[edit] Wiegner, Wigner
- Eugene Wigner (< Wígner, originally Wiegner)
- Georg Wiegner
[edit] Wiegmann, Wigman
- See Wiegmann article:
