Giesen

name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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 den giezzen (“on the streams”) (see modern gießen (“to pour”)).

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