Lessing

• As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig.
• As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.

Lessing (plural Lessings)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 August 2023:

     The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lessing is the 35812^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 627 individuals. Lessing is most common among White (92.19%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lessing”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 427.

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