Surnames Starting with S: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins

From Sadowo (orchard place)

Son of Sancho

Hall, manor

Of the sun

Son of 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

Tailor

Sour, grim

Wild, of the woods

From Sawice (Sawa's place)

Sawer of timber

Descendant of Scannlán

Shepherd

Cupbearer, innkeeper

From the schilling coin

Shingle maker

Smith

Smith

Smith, metalworker

The smith's (son)

Tailor

Village headman, mayor

Scot, or a travelling pedlar

Scar, a nickname

Scribe, clerk

Tailor (Low German); also a carter

Shoemaker

Village headman

Village reeve or magistrate

Village headman

Shoemaker

Shoemaker

Shoemaker

Archer, or watchman

Black (dark-haired)

Swiss, or a dairyman

A Scot

Pet form of Siegfried ("victory, peace")

Victory and peace (Siegfried)

Saddler, or dealer

Son of Serafino

Mountain ridge

Highlander, from the sierra

Sacristan, or descendant of Seasnán

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

Sicilian

Titmouse (bird)

Of the woods

Son of Simon

"He has heard" (Hebrew)

Son of Sim (Simon)

Son of Sim (Simon)

From Saint-Clair

From Singleton in Lancashire

Skinner of hides and furs

Slate roofer

Descendant of Sluaghán (army)

Slender, small

Metalworker (Old English smið)

White-haired or pale

Tailor

Son of Sobek (Sobiesław)

From Sokołów (falcon place)

House site, sunny ground

Peace

Summer

From Sorrento

Grove, thicket

Lively, bright person

Spearman

Steward, dispenser of provisions

Little thorn

Jumper, dancer

Ford by a landing place

Steel

From Stanley, "stony clearing"

Stone farmstead

Strong

Hard as steel, or dweller by a steep slope

Stone, rock

Dweller by a rock, or from Stein

Son of Stephen ("crown")

From Stephen; pounder

Son of Stephen ("crown")

Son of Steven

Steward

From Stoke, "outlying settlement"

Dweller by the stone

Bold, brave

Ostrich, or a quarrelsome person

Pasture of the young bullocks

Strong

Son of Suero

Descendant of Súileabhán (from súil, "eye")

Summer, or packhorse driver

From Sutton, "south farmstead"

Son of Suibhne, "pleasant"

From Szczepanów (Stephen's place)

Little shoemaker

Of Szymon (Simon); or from his place