Heister

Borrowed from German Heister.

Heister (plural Heisters)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heister is the 37442^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Heister is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯stər/, [ˈhaɪ̯s.tɐ], [ˈhaɪ̯.stɐ]

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From Middle High German heister, from Old High German *heistar, from Proto-West Germanic *haistr. The word was rare in Middle High German and its modern specialist use chiefly continues cognate Middle Low German heister, hêster (“young tree”).

Heister m (strong, genitive Heisters, plural Heister)

1. (horticulture, specialist) young foliage tree of a height between 1 and 2.5 metres
2. (regional, chiefly dialectal) any young tree, especially a young beech

• Heisterkamp, Heistermann (names)

Borrowed from Low German Heister, from Middle Low German hēgester, from Old Saxon agastria, from Proto-West Germanic *agastrijā. Doublet of Elster.

Heister f (genitive Heister, plural Heistern)

1. (regional, Northern Germany, chiefly Missingsch or in names, idioms) Synonym of Elster (“magpie”).