# Slight (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/slight/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 405 |
| US rank (2010) | 51,396 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 762,335 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.2% (441 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish surname from Middle English slight (“smooth; slim, slender, skinny”), a nickname for a slim or skinny person.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Slight in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Sleight, Slaughter, Salgado, Salcedo, Salcido, Schlecht, Schlichting, Schlachter, Silkwood.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.