Family name origins & meanings
- Scottish : nickname from northern Middle English sleght, slyght ‘smooth’, ‘sleek’, ‘slender’, ‘slim’ (probably of Old Norse origin).
- Scottish : nickname from Middle English sleghth ‘craft’, ‘cunning’, ‘dexterity’, ‘adroitness’ (Old Norse slǽgð, a derivative of slǽgr ‘sly’).