English Explanatory Dictionary

Giesen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Giesen Giesens

Etymology

* Borrowed from German and Dutch Giesen, patronymic from Gies, Giese. * Also as a German surname, from the placename Giessen in Hesse, or other similar-sounding places, from a castle name Middle High German ze dën gieȥen (“on the streams”) (see modern gießen (“to pour”)).

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