Names

Anglicized form of Pletscher.

Nickname for a bald person, from Slovene pleša meaning “bald patch”.

Variant of Pleško.

From Old French plat meaning “flat, thin”, from Late Latin plattus, from Greek πλατύς (platys) meaning “wide, broad, flat”. This may have been a nickname or a topographic name for someone who lived near a flat feature.

Originally denoted a dweller by a swampy meadow, from Old French plascq meaning “wet meadow”.

French form of Plank.

Means “plank”, from Old French, itself from Late Latin planca. This could have referred to a person who lived by a plank bridge over a stream, someone who was thin, or a carpenter.

German variant of Plank.

French form of Plank.

French form of Plank.