Nees

See also: nees

English

Etymology 1

• As a Scottish surname, variant of Neece.
• As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Nies, Neese.

Proper noun

Nees (plural Neeses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nees is the 18640^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1476 individuals. Nees is most common among White (93.43%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Nees

1. plural of Nee

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nees”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 656.

Anagrams

• seen, sene, Sene, snee, eens, esne

Fingallian

Proper noun

Nees

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eneas.
   • 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):

     Nees,

     Enees, Aenaeas.