Geisler Last Name Facts and Heraldry

The last name Geisler is one of the recorded forms of Geissler, a German family name. The family name meaning is “Goat herder”, the same as for Geissler. Geisler drops the “s” of Geissler, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Geiseler, Geißeler and Gieseler.

Geisler ranked 5,622 in the 2010 US Census, with 6,185 people answering to the name. 716 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Geisler name at birth.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Geisler, so the heraldry linked to Geissler is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Geisler surname pack.