Plesner
Plessner, Plesner (Hebrew: פלסנר):
| Plessner, Pleßner, Plesner | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | 1. from Pless (Polish: Pszczyna), Silesia, almostly Jewish surname; See also Duchy of Pless, principality of Anhalt-Pless 2. from Plesná, Czechia 3. from Polish places "Pleśna" 4. Plesse, nearby Bovenden 5. Other place names - Pleß, Plöß (Czech: Pláne) |
| Region of origin | Poland (includes Austrian Galicia), Germany (especially Westphailia, southern Lowe Saxony), Austria, Israel |
| Language(s) of origin | Jewish (Yiddish), German |
| Related names | Pless, Plöss; not related but similar forms: Plesser, Plessers, Plössl |
- Elias Plessner (1841, Berlin - 1898), Jewish German doctor, philosopher, Judaist; son of Salomon Plessner
- Clementine Plessner, née Folkmann (1855, Vienna - 1943, KZ Theresienstadt), Jewish Austrian actress
- Helmuth (Karl Otto Gustav Bernhard) Plessner (1892, Wiesbaden - 1985, Göttingen), a German philosopher and sociologist of Jewish descent
- Abraham Plessner (1900, Łódź - 1961), a Jewish Polish-Russian mathematician
- Martin Plessner (1900, Posen - 1973, Jerusalem), a Jewish Polish-German/Israeli Orientalist
- Daphne Plessner
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