Family name origins & meanings
- German : nickname for a wise man, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wīsen ‘to teach’.
- German : variant of Weisser.
- German : Johann Conrad Weiser (1696–1760), the son of a magistrate, came from Gross Anspach, Württemberg, Germany, to Schoharie, NY, in 1710, and became an influential Indian agent among the Iroquois. He left 15 children.