I need to know the heritage of my last name. Some of my family said its spanish. is it?

Question

my last name is base. My dads is Base and my moms is Weigle. I would like to know the heritage of both of them

Answer 1

Base is a variant of Bass:

English: from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.

English: in some instances, from Middle English bace ‘bass’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish bas ‘bass viol’.

German: see Basse.

Weigle is a variant of Weigel:

German: from a widespread medieval pet form of the personal name Wigand (see Wiegand).

Answer 2

UK answer.

Surname: Base

This famous surname is both English and occasionally, Scottish. In the first instance it may have Olde English pre 7th century origins, or it maybe French, and as such was introduced by the Normans after the 1066 Invasion. Taking the latter first as this is the most satisfactory explanation, the derivation is from the French word 'basse' meaning somebody who was both broad and thickset. This word itself is a development of the Latin "bassus", meaning wide, as opposed to tall. As such it was a descriptive nickname, ostensibly for somebody of that description, but given the sardonic humour of the Middle ages, quite possibly the reverse! The second possibility is that the surname is a metonymic occupational name for a fishseller, as with the surname 'Herring'. Medieval job descriptions were generally specific, although it is difficult to imagine that people lived by selling or catching only one type of fish. However if this was the case the derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "baes", meaning bass. Lastly, if Scottish the name may be locational from a place called Bass in the Grampian region of Scotland. In this case the place name derives from the Gaelic word "bathais", meaning front or forehead. Early examples of the name recording include Osbert Bars in the pipe rolls of Gloucester in 1205, whilst Andrew de Bas of Aberdeen was a juror there in the year 1206. A notable namebearer, listed in the "Dictionary of National Biography", was Michael Thomas Bass (1799 - 1884), a brewer, who was an active social reformer, and M.P. for Derby. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Aelizia Bass, which was dated 1180, in the "Pipe Rolls of Warwickshire", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The church builder", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

I couldn't find anything,  anywhere in connection with the other surname.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

No, both names are of German origin.

Base  

Last name origins & meanings:

Variant spelling of Bass.

German (Bäse): variant of Bese (see Beese).

Beese    

Last name origins & meanings:

English or Welsh (Bristol and Gwent): perhaps a variant of Biss.

German: from Middle Low German bēse ‘reed’, ‘bulrush’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who used reeds in his work, for example a brush maker.

Americanized spelling of Biese, a North German variant.

Weigle  

Last name origin & meaning:

German: variant of Weigel.

Weigel  

Last name origin & meaning:

German: from a widespread medieval pet form of the personal name Wigand (see Wiegand)

Wiegand  

Last name origins & meanings:

German: from the Germanic personal name Wīgant, originally a byname meaning ‘warrior’, from the present participle of wīgan ‘to fight’.

Michael Wiegand, aged 52, came to North America from the Palatinate in western Germany as part of a group led by the Rev. Joshua Kocherthal. They sailed up the Hudson River and settled on lands at Quassick Creek, then Dutchess Co., NY, 1709. His descendants later left the Hudson River settlement and migrated to Tulpehocken, PA.

Answer 4

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Surname: Base

This famous surname is both English and occasionally, Scottish. In the first instance it may have Olde English pre-7th century origins, or it maybe French, and as such was introduced by the Normans after the 1066 Invasion. Taking the latter first as this is the most satisfactory explanation, the derivation is from the French word 'basse' meaning somebody who was both broad and thickset. This word itself is a development of the Latin "bassus", meaning wide, as opposed to tall. As such it was a descriptive nickname, ostensibly for somebody of that description, but given the sardonic humour of the Middle ages, quite possibly the reverse! The second possibility is that the surname is a metonymic occupational name for a fishseller, as with the surname 'Herring'. Medieval job descriptions were generally specific, although it is difficult to imagine that people lived by selling or catching only one type of fish. However if this was the case the derivation is from the Olde English pre-7th Century "baes", meaning bass. Lastly, if Scottish the name may be locational from a place called Bass in the Grampian region of Scotland. In this case the place name derives from the Gaelic word "bathais", meaning front or forehead. Early examples of the name recording include Osbert Bars in the pipe rolls of Gloucester in 1205, whilst Andrew de Bas of Aberdeen was a juror there in the year 1206. A notable namebearer, listed in the "Dictionary of National Biography", was Michael Thomas Bass (1799 - 1884), a brewer, who was an active social reformer, and M.P. for Derby. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Aelizia Bass, which was dated 1180, in the "Pipe Rolls of Warwickshire", during the reign of King Henry II, known as "The church builder", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

www.ancestry.com

Weigle Name Meaning --German: variant of Weigel

Weigel --German: from a widespread medieval pet form of the personal name Wigand (see Wiegand).

Wiegand--German: from the Germanic personal name "Wigant", originally a byname meaning ‘"warrior"’, from the present participle of "wigan" ‘"to fight".

’BASE Name Meaning --Variant spelling of Bass.

German (Base): variant of Bese (see Beese)

BASS --English: from Old French bas(se) ‘low’, ‘short’ (Latin bassus ‘thickset’; see Basso), either a descriptive nickname for a short person or a status name meaning ‘of humble origin’, not necessarily with derogatory connotations.

English: in some instances, from Middle English "bace" ‘"bass"’ (the fish), hence a nickname for a person supposedly resembling this fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller or fisherman.

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire, of uncertain origin.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or player of bass viols, from Polish, Ukrainian, and Yiddish "bas" ‘"bass viol"’.

German: see Basse.

BASSE--German: habitational name from any of the places called Basse, for example near Wunstorf and Rostock.

Danish: from Old Danish "basse" ‘"wild boar"’.

French: from Old French "basse" ‘"low-born"’ or ‘"short"’ (see Bass).

www.familysearch.org--WEIGLE varied spellings:

WEIGEL; WIGLE; WIGGILL ; WAGGLE ; WEAGLE ; WIKELY; WIGGALL ; WAGLE ; WYGAL; WIYGUL; WEGEL; & WIGGELL.

     Early listings include Adam Weigel--B. 05 APR 1414, Germany (or Austria?)  and Hans Weigel--b. abt. 1607.

    The name was found in Canada, Netherlands, England, Germany, S Africa, Ireland, US (various states), Austria, Hungary,  Russia,  Uruguay, Chile, & Italy.

BASE varied spellings include--BASS; BAIZE; BAYSE; BAUSCH ; DE BASE ; LE BAS ; BYAS; BYCE ; BAYS ; BICE; BASSE;  BAS; BAAS;  BESSE ; BAZE ; BIAS; BISE ;

BAES; BUYS; BAIZ; BAA; BAEZ; VON BASSY; & BEES.

     The name was found in US (various states, especially Alabama & N. Carolina),  Sweden,  Finland, Denmark, England, Australia, Spain, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Norway, Mexico, Germany, Russia, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, & Philippines.

         The earliest listing I could find was Gilem Base--b. abt. 1533, Spain.