Meaning of Last Name

Meaning: kettle (pot, cauldron) maker

Origins: Germany, Switzerland (Alemannic & Middle German forms); Yiddish-speking world

Kessler or Keßler is a surname of German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) origins. It is an occupational name that means coppersmith. People named Kessler includes: * Andy Kessler, (b. 1959), author, investor, financier * Andy Kessler, (d. 2009), legendary skateboarder * Barbara Kessler, American singer-songwriter * Daniel Kessler, lead guitarist for post-punk band Interpol * Daniel Patrick Kessler, artist * David Aaron Kessler, scientist and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration * Donald J. Kessler, NASA scientist * Alice & Ellen Kessler, known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 * Frederick P. Kessler, Wisconsin legislator * Friedrich Kessler, academic and scholar * George Kessler, city planner and landscape architect * Gustav Kessler, German trade unionist * Harry Graf Kessler (1868-1937), an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art * Heinz Kessler (born 1920), general from East Germany * Jimmy Kessler, the first native Texan to assume leadership of Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston, Texas * Josef Alois Kessler, Volga German bishop * Joseph Christoph Kessler, German pianist and composer * Liz Kessler, British author of children's books * Matthias Kessler, German professional road racing cyclist * Michael Kessler, German actor and comedian * Michael G. Kessler, cited as first "forensic auditor", founder of Kessler International * Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer * Ronald Kessler, American journalist and author