Šlezinger: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

It is easy to miss Šlezinger in an index if you only search for Schlesinger.

What is the meaning of Šlezinger?

The family name meaning is “Someone from Silesia, or from Schleusingen”, the same as for Schlesinger.

How is Šlezinger related to Schlesinger?

Šlezinger is listed among the recognised spellings of Schlesinger. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Shlezinger, Shlesinger and Šlesingr.

Is there a Šlezinger coat of arms?

Arms linked to Schlesinger and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Šlezinger report, with a museum-style coat of arms.