Surnames Starting with S: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 1 of 2)

"hall" or "from Sá"

"a Saxon"

From Sadowo (orchard place)

Son of Sancho

Hall, manor

"halls"

"old manor" (Basque)

"salted"

"salt works"

"saviour"

"Saint Pelagius"

Of the sun

Son of Sancho

From the name Sancho

From Alexander

Son of Sander (Alexander)

Sandy ford

Fang, prominent tooth

Saint Anne

Saint James

Little saint

Of the saints (All Saints' Day)

Saints

Son of Sancho

"sardine"

"vine shoot"

Tailor

Sour, grim

Wild, of the woods

From Sawice (Sawa's place)

Sawer of timber

Descendant of Scannlán

Shepherd

"town crier" or "noisy man"

"sharp"

Cupbearer, innkeeper

"squinter"

From the schilling coin

Shingle maker

"mallet"

Smith

Smith

Smith, metalworker

The smith's (son)

Tailor

"quick"

"clod of earth"

Village headman, mayor

Scot, or a travelling pedlar

"tailor"

Scar, a nickname

Scribe, clerk

"joiner, cabinetmaker"

Tailor (Low German); also a carter

Shoemaker

Village headman

Village reeve or magistrate

Village headman

Shoemaker

Shoemaker

Shoemaker

Archer, or watchman

"a Swabian"

Black (dark-haired)

Swiss, or a dairyman

A Scot

"safe" or "from Segura"

Pet form of Siegfried ("victory, peace")

Victory and peace (Siegfried)

"rope maker"

"pebbles"

Saddler, or dealer

"dry land"

Son of Serafino

Mountain ridge

Highlander, from the sierra

Sacristan, or descendant of Seasnán

From Shackleton, near Heptonstall

Descendant of Seanachán (old, wise)

Quick, keen

Small wood, thicket

Descendant of Séaghdha ("hawk-like")

Descendant of Síodhachán ("peaceful")

Son of Sítheach ("peaceful")

From Shelton, "farm on a ledge"

Sheep herder

Descendant of Sirideán ("seeker")

Shearer of cloth

Short, small of stature