English Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 9 of 10)

From Sainville in France

Sawer of timber

Sailor / rope maker

Huts

Skarthi's stronghold

Hut field

Crab (nickname)

Lean / stunted

Seal / from Seal

Sailor

Sigg's farm

Willow farm

Sea wolf

Saddler, or dealer

Victory power

From Saint-Maur

Ford with a tether post

From Shackleton, near Heptonstall

Quick, keen

Small wood, thicket

Open land by the River Sheaf

Hill with a ledge

Clearing on a ledge

From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

Sheep herder

Shearer of cloth

Shire wood

Sheep clearing

Sailor

Shire clearing

Schuck / Schug

Short, small of stature

Uncertain origin

Silversmith or silver hair

Son of Simon

Son of Sim / Simon

Son of Sim (Simon)

Son of Sim (Simon)

Singer, cantor

From Singleton in Lancashire

Farm on a ledge

Skinner of hides and furs

Hollow

Valley

Slate roofer

Dweller by a muddy place

Sleng's farm

Slender, small

Narrow wood

Quick, brisk

"smooth wooded hill"

Metalworker (Old English smið)

Cut-off piece of land

White-haired or pale

Snow hill

Peace

Son of Søren

"farm on sour ground"

Lively, bright person

From Spalding, Lincolnshire

Steward, dispenser of provisions

Spice merchant

"maker of spoons or shingles"

Lively, nimble

Squire

From Eustace, 'fruitful'

Ford by a landing place

Clearing where staves were cut

Stony ford

Stony valley

From Stanley, "stony clearing"

"stony field"

Stone farmstead

Boundary post

Farm by the post

Little stiff one

Star

Steep rock / cup

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Dweller by a stile

Farm built of logs

Horse keeper

From Stoke, "outlying settlement"

Proud foot / Stoltzfus

Dweller by the stone

Stone worker / Steiner

Big, tall

Bold, brave

Stump fold

Foreigner

Farm on a Roman road

One who lived by a Roman road

Pasture of the young bullocks

Maker of bowstrings

Strong

Marshy brushwood

One who lived by tree stumps

Summer, or packhorse driver

Summoner to court

"south cliff"

From Sutton, "south farmstead"

Young man, servant

Son of Sveinn

Pleasant, agreeable

Quick, fast

Pig stream

Dweller by a small stream

Of the woods

Drummer

Norman personal name

Tanner of hides

Cheerful, or from an old personal name

From Tattershall, in Lincolnshire

From Tatham

Tailor

Cut iron

Storm (nickname)

Of the Templars' land

Son of Dennis

From Thierry (Theodoric)

Thatcher

Roof thatcher

Of uncertain origin

Ill-mannered

Thistle clearing

Son of Thom (Thomas)

One who lived by a thorn bush

From Thornton, "thorn-bush farm"

Outlying farm

Thresher of grain

"thrall's clearing"

Thor's protection

Thor's stone

Tīdi's spring

Tiller of soil, or lime tree

Tile / earth worker

Place name

Son of Tim (Timothy)

Tynni's hill

Tibba's farm

Titus (personal name)

Fox