Last name origins & meanings:
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Naois (see
McNeese).
- Americanized form of German or Dutch
Nies or Neese 2.
- Henry Nees (1833–1904) emigrated from Germany to Fort Wayne, IN,
in 1850, but the name was already established in North America before
that date. Earlier bearers are probably of Irish origin.
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