Surnames Starting with S: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 5)

"hall" or "from Sá"

Old wood

Shoemaker

Born on Saturday

A descendant of Sabin

Sack, sack maker

"a Saxon"

From Sauqueville in Normandy

Different Italian and Polish origins

Saddle maker

From Sadowo (orchard place)

Son of Sancho

Son of Sancho

A wise or learned person

A descendant of Sagar (sea, spear)

Hall, manor

From Saladin

Solomon

"halls"

"old manor" (Basque)

Willow grove

From Saldaña

From Saldaña

Valley of horses

Italian place names or a salt-related occupation

From Salerno

Willows / halls

"salted"

Several Italian personal-name and place-name routes

"salt works"

Place name

From Salmerón

Son of Solomon

Salt maker or psaltery player

Someone who processed, or sold, salt

Someone who processed, or sold, salt

"saviour"

Saviour

Safe, saved

Someone who processed, or sold, salt

From Samaniego (Álava)

An Italian surname from places called San Martino

"Saint Pelagius"

Of the sun

Son of Sam

Son of Samuel

Son of Sancho

Son of Sancho

From the name Sancho

From Alexander

Son of Sander (Alexander)

Newly cleared woodland

One who lived on sandy ground

Sandy ground

A name taken from Saint Philip

Sandy ford

Fang, prominent tooth

A descendant of Sansone, the Italian form of Samson

Saint Anne

From Sant'Angelo, St Michael's place

A personal name related to Santo or All Saints

Saint James

From Santillana

Little saint

Of the saints (All Saints' Day)

Saints

Little Santo

Son of Sancho

Saracen

Hail, hailstorm

"sardine"

Sardinian

Servant, officer

Vine shoot

"vine shoot"

From Sarnów / roe deer

Tailor

Tailor

Clearing by the shieling

Saddler

Willow grove

Willow grove

Sour, grim

A personal name traditionally meaning asked-for

Son of Sander (Alexander)

Wild, of the woods

From Sainville in France

Sabine

From Sawice (Sawa's place)

Sawer of timber

From Saxton in Yorkshire

The foreigner

A descendant of Saer, or an assayer or serge seller

Sailor / rope maker

The foreigner

Stairway

Huts

Someone from Scaletta or a short form of Pasquale

Descendant of Scannlán

Skarthi's stronghold

A descendant of Cardo, from Riccardo

A possible endive occupation, with another regional explanation

Chisel / stonecutter

A miner, or someone living by a shaft or a ridge

Shepherd

Shepherd

Shepherd / steward

A manager or steward of a household

A servant, or a nickname for a rogue

A dweller near a stone slab, or a servant

"town crier" or "noisy man"

"sharp"

The dear or beloved person

An inspector, or someone from a place called Schauen

Someone who cut and sold meat, a butcher

Someone who cut and sold meat, a butcher

Squinting

Bushel maker