indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from occupation & from given name)
Other Forms FormsÓ Síoda, Seid, Seide, Sheedy, Silkin, Sill.
Meaning & History
English: metonymic occupational name for a silk merchant, from Middle English selk(e), silk(e) ‘silk’.
English: from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from Silkin (see Sill).
Irish (Galway): Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Ó Síoda (see Sheedy).
Americanized form (translation) of German and Jewish Seide or Seid.
English: from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from Silkin (see Sill).
Irish (Galway): Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Ó Síoda (see Sheedy).
Americanized form (translation) of German and Jewish Seide or Seid.