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Heller:

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1) Pavlos' explanation is exactly right!!
2) from the German place name Heller (there are places named Heller in North Rhine-Westphalia, former Brandenburg [now Poland] and Silesia)

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Slifer

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looks like an anglicized version of the German surname Schleifer:

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1) from the Middle High German word "slifære" which means "grinder, polisher"

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2) from the German place name Schleif (in Bavaria and Luxemburg)

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3) from the German place name Schleife (in Saxony)

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Regards, Satu