Sour: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Sour is usually a form of Sauer. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Sour, grim”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Sour is listed among the recognised spellings of Sauer.
• Related forms: Saur and Sauermann.

Heraldry and the Sour name

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