# Wiegers

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**Wiegers** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [patronymic surname](/source/Patronymic_surname).[1] The given name *Wieger* is a forms of the Germanic [Wichard](/source/Wichard), from Wîh- ("battle") and -hard ("strong").[2] People with this surname include:

- [Ben Wiegers](/source/Ben_Wiegers) (fl. 2006), Dutch curler and curling coach
- [Jan Wiegers](/source/Jan_Wiegers) (1893–1959), Dutch expressionist painter
- [Karl Wiegers](/source/Karl_Wiegers) (born 1953), American software engineer
- [Patrick Wiegers](/source/Patrick_Wiegers) (born 1990), German football goalkeeper
- [Sandra Wiegers](/source/Sandra_Wiegers) (born 1974), Dutch volleyball player

## See also

- [Wieger (disambiguation)](/source/Wieger_(disambiguation))
- [Wiegert](/source/Wiegert), surname
- [Wiggers](/source/Wiggers), surname of the same origin

## References

1. [Wiegers](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?nfd_naam=Wiegers&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

1. [Wieger](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Wieger) at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands

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