The leiser Surname
leiser Name Meaning and History
- German: topographic name from Middle High German leise ‘rut’, or from an area name with this word.
- nickname for a soft-spoken, quiet person, from an inflected form of Middle High German lise ‘quiet’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Leyzer, from the Biblical name Eliezer (Genesis 15: 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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