Zahler Family History
Zahler Name Meaning
German (Zähler) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of German zahlen ‘to count’ Middle High German zalen hence an occupational name for someone who kept count i.e. a tallyman or clerk; also for German a nickname for a debtor. German: nickname or topographic name derived from a shortened form of Middle High German zagel ‘tail’ (see Zahl ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022