Schleicher
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Nachname zu mhd. slīchen 'schleichen'; persönliches Merkmal: Gangart des ersten Namenträgers
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈʃɫaɪkɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schleicher is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Nachname zu mhd. slīchen 'schleichen'; persönliches Merkmal: Gangart des ersten Namenträgers. Bearer count: 3793.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Schleicher is read(measured from records)
Schleicher is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English59%
county, TX
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- German29%
Nachname zu mhd. slīchen 'schleichen'; persönliches Merkmal: Gangart des ersten Namenträgers. Bearer count: 3793.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Deutsch: Übername nach der Gangart; zu schleich- / schleichen 'sich leise, langsam bewegen'. Bearer count: 3793.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
for a furtive or stealthy person, from an agent deriv. of Ger. schleichen to creep silently (MHG slichen, OHG slihhan). some deformity, from Ger., MLG schief crooked. Vars.: Ger.: Schleich. Jewish: Shleicher. Vars.: Scheef(e), Scheff, Scheve, Scheewe. Cogn.: Low Ger.: Schlieker. Schneir Schleier
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Schleicher is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Croatian, 1. August (1821—1868), njemački lingvist, zasnovao rekonstrukciju indoeuropskog prajezika 2. Kurt von (1882—1934), njemački kancelar 1932—1933, pokušao se suprotstaviti Hitlerovu usponu na vlast, ubili ga nacisti u tzv. »noći dugih noževa«
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johann Christoph Schleicherb. 1770CHGerman-born Swiss botanist (1768-1834)
- August Schleicherb. 1821DEGerman philologist (1821–1868)
- Gustav Schleicherb. 1823USGerman-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas (1823-1879)
- Carl Schleicherb. 1825UAAustrian painter (1825–1903)
- Kurt von Schleicherb. 1882DEGerman chancellor (1882-1934)
- Rüdiger Schleicherb. 1895DEGerman resistance member (1895–1945)
- Ursula Schleicherb. 1933DEGerman politician
- Bernd Schleicherb. 1947DEGerman politician (1947–2023)
- Andreas Schleicherb. 1964DEGerman statistician
- Regina Schleicherb. 1974DEGerman racing cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.4K | #8,786 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.4K | #9,669 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.4K | #9,320 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 341 | #23,774 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 82 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 80 | #13,092 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 72 | #7,504 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 40 | #35,438 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 23 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 18 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 18 | #42,581 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Schleicher?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɫaɪkɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Schleicher mean?
- Recorded meaning: Nachname zu mhd. slīchen 'schleichen'; persönliches Merkmal: Gangart des ersten Namenträgers.
- In which country does Schleicher have the most bearers?
- Schleicher is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schleicher”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.