Sleeman Family History
Sleeman Name Meaning
English (Cornwall and Devon):: nickname from Middle English sle(i)gh ‘sly clever skillful’ (Old Norse slœgr) + -man. Compare Sly . occupational name for someone who made or used slays from Middle English slay(e) ‘slay (an instrument used in weaving to beat up the weft)’ (Old English slege) + -man. Compare Slaymaker . topographic name for someone who lived on or by a grassy slope from Middle English sle ‘grassy slope’ (Old English slēa) + -man. Compare Slee
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022