The Gieseler Family Name

Ancestors listed as Gieseler are often found as Geissler a generation earlier. Name scholars give the meaning as “Goat herder”.

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A variant of Geissler

Records show Gieseler as one of the forms Geissler took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Geiseler, Geißeler and Geisler.

About 353 people in the United States were recorded as Gieseler in 2010, placing it 57,639 on the national list. For the full story, order the Gieseler surname pack.