What is "sihler"

Sihler is a surname and a name in South Africa(as Sihle). Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrew Sihler, an American linguist and comparative Indo-Europeanist
• Ernest Gottlieb Sihler, a Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins University
• Wilhelm Sihler, a German Lutheran minister
• Welcome Sihle Ayanda Dladla,South African citizern,a young student at Durban University of Technology