Nissley Family History
Nissley Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Nüssli: topographic name for someone who lived near a place where nut trees grew from Middle High German nuz ‘nut’ + the diminutive suffix -le -lein. Compare Nisley Nisly Nissly and also Nicely . Americanized form of South German and Swiss German Nüssle (see Nuessle ) a cognate of 1 above or South German Nissle (see Nuessle ). Possibly also an Americanized form of North German Nissler or Nüssler: nickname for a slow worker from Low German nusse ‘slow weak person’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022