Hasler

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Haesler in PH Philippines, PL Poland, IE Ireland and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hasler is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname2.1K records spelled Hasler5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Switzerland, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Häsler, Háslér

• French surname1.1K records spelled Hasler4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Switzerland, United States, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Häsler, Háslér

• a separate surname465 records spelled Hasler2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Häsler

• Czech surname458 records spelled Hasler5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Poland, United States, Switzerland

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Slovak

  Also written Hašler, Häsler

• Danish surname244 records spelled Hasler7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Häsler

• Italian surname113 records spelled Hasler2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Also written Häsler

• Russian surname67 records spelled Hasler6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Switzerland, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Хаслер, Khasler

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hasler is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from Haselour (Staffordshire) or Haselor (Warwickshire, Worcestershire); first attested Robert de Heselhour’, de Haselore 1221 AssWa, 1287 AssSt

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• habitational name from Haselour in Staffordshire or Haselor in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, named with Old English hcesel ‘hazel’ -I- ofer ‘hill’, ‘ridge’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• topographic name from Middle English hasel. Middle High German hasel + the English and German agent suffix -er.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Danish, indefinite plural of hassel

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Cebuano, hustler

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arthur D. Haslerb. 1908USAmerican ecologist
• Joachim Haslerb. 1929DEGerman director and cinematographer (1929–1995)
• Otmar Haslerb. 1953LIPrime Minister of Liechtenstein
• Rainer Haslerb. 1958LILiechtenstein footballer (1958–2014)
• Adrian Haslerb. 1964LIpolitician from Liechtenstein
• John Haslerb. 1974GBBritish actor
• Daniel Haslerb. 1974LILiechtenstein footballer (born 1974)
• Dominique Haslerb. 1978LILiechtenstein politician
• David Haslerb. 1990LILiechtensteiner footballer
• Nicolas Haslerb. 1991LILiechtensteiner association footballer

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 38 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hasler?

We estimate roughly 6.6 thousand people bear Hasler (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Hasler have the most bearers?

We estimate about 4.4 thousand people bear Hasler in Switzerland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled hasler.

How common is Hasler compared with other names?

In Switzerland, Hasler is the 106th most common surname of 254,432 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Hasler mean?

Recorded meaning: from Hasel 'hazel'; one from a hazel place