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Name Silk
Type Surname (from occupation & from given name)
Pronounced Pron. /sɪlk/ (English)
Other Forms FormsÓ Síoda, Seid, Seide, Sheedy, Silkin, Sill.
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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.