{{Wiktionary|Wirsing}} '''Wirsing''' is a German language nickname surname<ref name="anc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=wirsing |title=Wirsing Name Meaning |accessdate=2019-02-08 |work=ancestry.com |quote=German: nickname from Middle High German wirsic ‘bad’, ‘evil’, ‘worse’.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forebears.io/surnames/wirsing |title=Wirsing Surname Meaning & Statistics |accessdate=2019-02-08 |work=forebears.io |quote=Approximately 2,519 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Germany.}}</ref> and may refer to: *Anke Wirsing (born 1980), Canadian politician *Eduard Wirsing (1931–2022), German mathematician *Giselher Wirsing (1907–1975), German journalist *Hans-Peter Wirsing (1938–2009), German painter *Martin Wirsing (born 1948), German computer scientist *Toni Wirsing (born 1990), German motorcycle racer *Werner Wirsing (1919–2017), German architect == See also == * Josef Wirsching (1903–1967), German cinematographer == References == {{Reflist}} {{surname|Flecker}} Category:German-language surnames Category:Surnames derived from nicknames