Schlee

English

Etymology

German surname, from the noun Schlehe (“sloe bush”). Also from the archaic Middle High German slē (“slow, lethargic”), from Old High German slēo, from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“weak, sluggish, lethargic”).

Proper noun

Schlee (plural Schlees)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schlee is the 33894^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 671 individuals. Schlee is most common among White (95.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schlee”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Scheel, eschel, leches

Hunsrik

Noun

Schlee

1. plural of Schlaa

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German slē, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā.

Noun

Schlee m

1. sloe (type of cherry), bullace