Weist Family History
Weist Name Meaning
German (Silesia): probably a nickname from Middle High German wīsot wīset ‘gift or obligatory payment (in kind) on certain holidays to a bride church or the overlord’. German (Saxony-Anhalt): topographic name from the field name Weist probably from Weidicht ‘property land with willows’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022