Storey: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Storey, so the heraldry linked to Story is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Family name meaning

Storey is best understood alongside Story: both are English spellings of a single family name. Read literally, Storey points to “big, tall”.

Storey adds “e” to Story, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Related forms: Storie. In the 2010 US Census, 13,669 Americans gave Storey as their last name (rank 2,635).

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