Weigand Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Weigand, so the heraldry linked to Wiegand is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Meaning of the name

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Weigand usually leads back to Wiegand. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Warrior”.

Before spelling was fixed, Wiegand was also written Weigand. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Wigand, Weygand and Wigandt. About 3,666 people in the United States were recorded as Weigand in 2010, placing it 8,928 on the national list.

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