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Surnames Starting with S: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 2 of 3)

268 family names beginning with S. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Seabra
    Portugal

    From Sanabria

  • Segura
    Spain

    "safe" or "from Segura"

  • Seidel
    Germany

    Pet form of Siegfried ("victory, peace")

  • Seifert
    Germany

    Victory and peace (Siegfried)

  • Seiler
    Germany

    "rope maker"

  • Seixas
    Portugal

    "pebbles"

  • Self
    England

    Sea wolf

  • Sellers
    England

    Saddler, or dealer

  • Sepúlveda
    Spain

    From Sepúlveda

  • Sequeira
    Portugal

    "dry land"

  • Serafini
    Italy

    Son of Serafino

  • Serna
    Spain

    Sown field

  • Serpa
    Portugal

    From Serpa

  • Serra
    Italy

    Mountain ridge

  • Serrano
    Spain

    Highlander, from the sierra

  • Sewell
    England

    Victory power

  • Sexton
    Ireland

    Sacristan, or descendant of Seasnán

  • Seymour
    England

    From Saint-Maur

  • Shackleton
    England

    From Shackleton, near Heptonstall

  • Shannon
    Ireland

    Descendant of Seanachán (old, wise)

  • Shapiro
    Germany

    From Speyer

  • Sharp
    England

    Quick, keen

  • Shaw
    England

    Small wood, thicket

  • Shea
    Ireland

    Descendant of Séaghdha ("hawk-like")

  • Shearer
    Scotland

    Shearer of sheep or cloth

  • Sheehan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Síodhachán ("peaceful")

  • Sheehy
    Ireland

    Son of Sítheach ("peaceful")

  • Sheffield
    England

    Open land by the River Sheaf

  • Sheldon
    England

    Hill with a ledge

  • Shelton
    England

    From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

  • Shepherd
    England

    Sheep herder

  • Sheridan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Sirideán ("seeker")

  • Sherman
    England

    Shearer of cloth

  • Sherwood
    England

    Shire wood

  • Shipley
    England

    Sheep clearing

  • Shirley
    England

    Shire clearing

  • Short
    England

    Short, small of stature

  • Siciliano
    Italy

    Sicilian

  • Siebert
    Germany

    From the name Siegbert

  • Siegel
    Germany

    Seal maker

  • Sierra
    Spain

    "mountain range"

  • Sievers
    Germany

    "son of Siegward"

  • Sikora
    Poland

    Titmouse (bird)

  • Silva
    Portugal

    "woodland"

  • Silver
    England

    Silversmith or silver hair

  • Silvestri
    Italy

    Of the woods

  • Simmons
    England

    Son of Simon

  • Simões
    Portugal

    "son of Simão"

  • Simon
    France

    "He has heard" (Hebrew)

  • Simpson
    England & Scotland

    Son of Sim (Simon)

  • Sims
    England

    Son of Sim (Simon)

  • Sinclair
    Scotland

    From Saint-Clair

  • Singer
    England

    Singer, cantor

  • Singleton
    England

    From Singleton in Lancashire

  • Siwek
    Poland

    "grey haired"

  • Siwiec
    Poland

    Grey-haired one

  • Skiba
    Poland

    "furrow slice"

  • Skinner
    England

    Skinner of hides and furs

  • Skowroński
    Poland

    "lark"

  • Slater
    England

    Slate roofer

  • Slaughter
    England

    Dweller by a muddy place

  • Sliwa
    Poland

    Plum tree

  • Sloan
    Northern Ireland

    Descendant of Sluaghán (army)

  • Słowik
    Poland

    "nightingale"

  • Small
    England

    Slender, small

  • Smallwood
    England

    Narrow wood

  • Smart
    England

    Quick, brisk

  • Smethurst
    England

    "smooth wooded hill"

  • Smiley
    Scotland

    Cheerful, smiling

  • Smith
    England

    Metalworker (Old English smið)

  • Sneed
    England

    Cut-off piece of land

  • Snow
    England

    White-haired or pale

  • Snyder
    Germany & the Netherlands

    Tailor

  • Soares
    Portugal

    "son of Soeiro"

  • Sobczak
    Poland

    Son of Sobek (Sobiesław)

  • Sobczyk
    Poland

    From the name Sobek

  • Sobieski
    Poland

    From Sobieszyn

  • Sobolewski
    Poland

    "sable"

  • Sobral
    Portugal

    "cork oak grove"

  • Socha
    Poland

    Wooden plough

  • Sokołowski
    Poland

    From Sokołów (falcon place)

  • Solano
    Spain

    "sunny place" or "east wind"

  • Soler
    Spain

    House site, sunny ground

  • Solis
    Spain

    Sunny place

  • Solomon
    England

    Peace

  • Sommer
    Germany

    Summer

  • Sonntag
    Germany

    Sunday

  • Sorensen
    Denmark

    Son of Søren (Severinus)

  • Soria
    Spain

    From Soria

  • Sorrentino
    Italy

    From Sorrento

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.