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Surnames Starting with S: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 5)

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

  • Sharkey
    Ireland

    A descendant of Searcach, loving

  • Sharp
    England

    Quick, keen

  • Sharples
    England

    Someone who came from Sharples (steep place), in Lancashire

  • Shattuck
    England

    A dweller at the sign of the little shad (fish)

  • Shatz
    Germany

    The dear or beloved person

  • 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

  • Shell
    England

    From Shell

  • Shelley
    England

    Clearing on a ledge

  • Shelton
    England

    From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

  • Shepherd
    England

    Sheep herder

  • Sheridan
    Ireland

    Descendant of Sirideán ("seeker")

  • Sherlock
    England

    Someone who had white hair

  • Sherman
    England

    Shearer of cloth

  • Sherrick
    Scotland

    Someone who came from Sherraig (clear bay), in Scotland

  • Sherrill
    England

    Bright spring

  • Sherwood
    England

    Shire wood

  • Shipley
    England

    Sheep clearing

  • Shipman
    England

    Sailor

  • Shirley
    England

    Shire clearing

  • Shockley
    England

    From Shocklach in Cheshire

  • Shoesmith
    England

    Someone who made horseshoes

  • Shook
    England

    Schuck / Schug

  • Short
    England

    Short, small of stature

  • Shortall
    England

    A dweller at the small nook or corner

  • Shreve
    England

    A sheriff or shire reeve

  • Shriber
    Germany

    An official, or public, writer, a scribe

  • Shriver
    Germany

    An official, or public, writer, a scribe

  • Shurtleff
    England

    A dweller near the short cliff

  • Sibley
    England

    From the personal name Sibyl

  • Siciliano
    Italy

    Sicilian

  • Siddons
    England

    Uncertain origin

  • Sidor
    Poland

    A descendant of Sidor, from Isidore

  • Siebert
    Germany

    From the name Siegbert

  • Siegel
    Germany

    Seal maker

  • Sienkiewicz
    Poland

    The son of Sienko, a form of Szymon

  • Sierra
    Spain

    "mountain range"

  • Sievers
    Germany

    "son of Siegward"

  • Sievert
    Germany

    A descendant of Siegwart

  • Sikora
    Poland

    Titmouse (bird)

  • Sikorski
    Poland

    Titmouse / from Sikórz

  • Silber
    Germany

    A descendant of Silber, a pet form of Sigilbert (victory, bright)

  • Silberman
    Germany

    Someone who made and sold silver articles, a silversmith

  • Silva
    Portugal

    "woodland"

  • Silveira
    Portugal

    Bramble thicket

  • Silver
    England

    Silversmith or silver hair

  • Silvester
    England

    A descendant of Silvester (forest dweller)

  • Silvestre
    Spain

    A personal name, locality or old nickname

  • Silvestri
    Italy

    Of the woods

  • Simard
    France

    Famous victory

  • Simcock
    England

    A descendant of little Sim

  • Simmons
    England

    Son of Simon

  • Simms
    England

    Son of Sim / 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

  • Sinicki
    Poland

    A place name or a color-related nickname

  • Sisk
    Ireland

    An Irish name of uncertain derivation

  • Siwek
    Poland

    "grey haired"

  • Siwiec
    Poland

    Grey-haired one

  • Skelton
    England

    Farm on a ledge

  • Skene
    Scotland

    Someone who came from the lands of Skene (bush)

  • Skiba
    Poland

    "furrow slice"

  • Skidmore
    England

    A dweller at a wasteland associated with a man named Skyti

  • Skinner
    England

    Skinner of hides and furs

  • Skora
    Poland

    Someone who prepared skins, a skinner

  • Skowron
    Poland

    Lark

  • Skowroński
    Poland

    "lark"

  • Skrzypczak
    Poland

    Son of the fiddler

  • Slack
    England

    Hollow

  • Slade
    England

    Valley

  • Slater
    England

    Slate roofer

  • Slattery
    Ireland

    A descendant of Slatra, strong or bold

  • Slaughter
    England

    Dweller by a muddy place

  • Sleigh
    England

    Someone who was dexterous or skilled

  • Slingsby
    England

    Sleng's farm

  • Sliwa
    Poland

    Plum tree

  • Sloan
    Northern Ireland

    Descendant of Sluaghán (army)

  • Słowik
    Poland

    "nightingale"

  • Slowinski
    Poland

    Someone from a place with a name related to Słowin

  • Small
    England

    Slender, small

  • Smalley
    England

    A narrow woodland clearing

  • Smallwood
    England

    Narrow wood

  • Smart
    England

    Quick, brisk

  • Smedley
    England

    A dweller at the smooth or flat meadow

  • Smethurst
    England

    "smooth wooded hill"

  • Smiley
    Scotland

    Cheerful, smiling

  • Smith
    England

    Metalworker (Old English smið)

  • Smithson
    England

    The son of a smith

  • Smoker
    England

    Someone who made or sold smocks, formerly a woman's undergarment

  • Smoliński
    Poland

    Tar / from Smolin

  • Smollett
    England

    Someone who had a small head

  • Smyth
    England

    The worker in metals

  • Smythe
    England

    The worker in metals

  • Sneed
    England

    Cut-off piece of land

  • Snodgrass
    Scotland

    Smooth grass

  • Snooks
    England

    Someone who came from Sevenoaks (seven oaks), in Kent

  • Snow
    England

    White-haired or pale

  • Snowden
    England

    Snow hill

  • Snyder
    Germany & the Netherlands

    Tailor

  • Soares
    Portugal

    "son of Soeiro"

  • Sobczak
    Poland

    Son of Sobek (Sobiesław)

  • Sobczyk
    Poland

    From the name Sobek

  • Sobel
    Poland

    A dweller at the sign of the sable

  • Sobieski
    Poland

    From Sobieszyn

  • Sobolewski
    Poland

    "sable"

  • Sobral
    Portugal

    "cork oak grove"

  • Socha
    Poland

    Wooden plough

  • Soeiro
    Portugal

    Son of Suário

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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.