Family name origins & meanings
- Americanized spelling of German Weis(s)ner, Wiesener, : Americanized spelling of German Weis(s)ner, Wiesener,habitational name from any of several places named Weissen, Weisenau, or Weissenau.
- Americanized spelling of German Weis(s)ner, Wiesener, : or of Weissener, an occupational name for an executioner or a beadle, from Middle High German wīzenaere.