Lessing

See also: lessing

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig.
• As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.

Proper noun

Lessing (plural Lessings)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lessing is the 35812^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Lessing is most common among White (92.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lessing”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 427.

Anagrams

• ginless, singles