Wiebe (surname)

Wiebe is a German surname, sometimes misspelled Weibe. The 'b' comes from the German 'ß' (double 's'). The family name Wiebe is allegedly meant to signify whiteness, as in "white woman" or "white man", depending upon which gender is being referred to. It is said that the Wiebe surname has been adjusted to reflect many variations in the United States. This is mainly because of its close association to Old Germany, and Adolf Hitler.

Alternatively Wiebe is a Germanic surname with its origin in Holland. It is from a short form of any various Germanic personal names beginning with wig, "battle", "war".^[1] There are no non-Dutch Wiebe surnames in Karl Stumpp's work which seems unlikely if the top explanation were viable.

List of people

• Adam Wiebe (c. 1590–1653), Dutch engineer
• Alejandro Wiebe (born 1970), Argentine television personality
• Armin Wiebe (21st century), Canadian novelist
• Art Wiebe (1912-1971), Canadian ice hockey player
• Cainan Wiebe (born 1995), Canadian actor
• Cornelius Wiebe (1893-1999), Canadian physician
• Ella Wiebe (21st century), New Zealand association footballer
• Jack Wiebe (1936-2007), Canadian politician
• Karl-Heinz Wiebe (born 1916), German engineer
• Mark Wiebe (born 1957), American golfer
• Matt Wiebe (21st century), Canadian politician
• Nettie Wiebe (born 1949), Canadian professor
• Phillip H. Wiebe (born 1945), Canadian philosopher
• Randall Wiebe (21st century), Canadian playwright
• Reg Wiebe (born 1962), Dutch curler
• Robert Wiebe (20th century), Canadian politician
• Rudy Wiebe (born 1934), Canadian author
• Shane Wiebe (born 1983), Canadian musician
• Steve Wiebe (born 1969), American video game player, school teacher, and musician who formerly held a high score record in Donkey Kong
• Warren Wiebe (1953-1998), American vocalist

References

1. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press