Breslauer Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

The same name, two spellings: Breslauer and Bressler. Its meaning, shared with Bressler, is “Someone who came from Breslau (named after King Vratislaw)”.

Breslauer and Bressler

Before spelling was fixed, Bressler was also written Breslauer. Other spellings include Bresler.

In the records

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Breslauer with 223 bearers, at rank 84,136. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

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