TO ALL DICE FAMILY DESCENDANTS
I found a book in the library called German-American names.When I looked up Dice it said go to Theiss.When I got to Theiss it said that Theiss, Theissen, Thiess, Thiesse and Thiessen were often names shortened from Mathias.Some surnamesgive the shortened version and some surnames it lists the meaning.A last name doesn't always have the same meaning as it would in everyday language use.I would recommend going to your local library to see if they have such a book to look up German names/surnames.Hope this helps someone.