Gies is a surname of Germanic origin. It is either a patronymic surname, Gies being a form of the old Germanic name Giso, or a toponymic surname related to the Old High German word Gieze for a small stream.Gies at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.Distribution of the name Gies in Germany. verwandt.de People with this name include:
Frances Gies (1915–2013), American historian, author, and wife of Joseph Gerd Gies (born 1943), German politician Hans-Peter Gies (born 1947), East German shot putter Heinrich Gies (1912–1973), German actor Jan Gies (1905–1993), Dutch resistance figure who helped hide Anne Frank Jeroen Gies (born 1995), German-Dutch football player Joseph Gies (1916–2006), American historian, author, and husband of Frances Kurt Gies (1921–1943), German tennis player Ludwig Gies (1887–1966), German sculptor and medallist Miep Gies (1909–2010), Dutch resistance figure who helped hide Anne Frank Reiner Gies (born 1963), German boxer William John Gies (1872–1956), American biochemist and dentist
As a given name (1920–1997), Belgian painter and politician
Other Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in Champaign, Illinois Gies Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in Champaign, Illinois Gies Kerzen GmbH, German candle manufacturer
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