Family name origins & meanings
- Polish (Leśnik) : occupational name for a forester, Polish leśnik, an agent noun derived from les, dialect form of standard Polish las ‘forest’.
- Slovenian : topographic name from les ‘forest’, ‘bushes’.
- Slovenian (Lešnik) : nickname or topographic name from lešnik ‘hazelnut’ or lešje ‘hazel trees’, or a habitational name for someone from a place called Lešje, named with this word.