Wisse

Wisse is a name used as both a given name and a surname, most commonly found in Dutch-speaking regions. The exact origin is uncertain; it appears in Germanic naming traditions and may be linked to roots related to wisdom or to diminutive forms of longer names.

As a given name, Wisse is masculine and has historical usage in the Netherlands and Flanders, though today it appears infrequently. As a surname, Wisse occurs in the Netherlands, Belgium, and parts of northern Germany, where it may have originated as a patronymic or as an adopted name from a given name.

In public life, individuals with the name have been active across sports, academia, and the arts, but there is no single internationally prominent figure universally associated with Wisse. The name exemplifies how concise, historically rooted names persist in naming traditions within Dutch-speaking communities.