Schlögel Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

The spelling Schlögel grew out of Schlegel, a German surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “mallet”, the same as for Schlegel.

The same family of names includes Schlögl, Schlagel and Schlegl. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Spelled with “ö” instead of “e”, Schlögel shows how the same name was heard and written differently.

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