Possibly an altered spelling of German Diess, from a
short form of the Biblical name Matthias (see Matthew).German: from the Germanic personal name Teuzo, from
theud ‘people’, ‘race’ (Old High German diot).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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