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Leist is a surname of German origin.[1][2][3] Notable people with the surname include:

References

  1. ^ "Last name: Leist". surnamedb.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015. As Leist, Leister, Leistenmacher and Leistenschneider, this is [a] pre 14th century medieval job descriptive German surname, which has been recorded in the USA since before the American Civil War of 1861–65.
  2. ^ "Leist family crest, coat of arms and name history". houseofnames.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "Leist Family History". ancestry.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015. metonymic occupational name for a maker of lasts or a cobbler, from Middle High German leist 'last'