[Facts] Heller and Slifer
in reply to a message by Pavlos
Heller:
1) Pavlos' explanation is exactly right!!
2) from the German place name Heller (there are places named Heller in North Rhine-Westphalia, former Brandenburg [now Poland] and Silesia)
Slifer
looks like an anglicized version of the German surname Schleifer:
1) from the Middle High German word "slifære" which means "grinder, polisher"
2) from the German place name Schleif (in Bavaria and Luxemburg)
3) from the German place name Schleife (in Saxony)
Regards, Satu
1) Pavlos' explanation is exactly right!!
2) from the German place name Heller (there are places named Heller in North Rhine-Westphalia, former Brandenburg [now Poland] and Silesia)
Slifer
looks like an anglicized version of the German surname Schleifer:
1) from the Middle High German word "slifære" which means "grinder, polisher"
2) from the German place name Schleif (in Bavaria and Luxemburg)
3) from the German place name Schleife (in Saxony)
Regards, Satu