The heller Surname
heller Name Meaning and History
- German: nickname from the small medieval coin known as the häller or heller because it was first minted (in 1208) at the Swabian town of (Schwäbisch) Hall. Compare Hall.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from Schwäbisch Hall.
- German: topographic name for someone living by a field named as ‘hell’ (see Helle 3).
- English: topographic name for someone living on a hill, from southeastern Middle English hell + the habitational suffix -er.
- Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild ‘strife’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with fair hair or a light complexion, from an inflected form, used before a male personal name, of German hell ‘light’, ‘bright’, Yiddish hel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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