indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsSturtevant, Sturdevant, Sturtivant, Stirdivant, Sturdivent, Sturdivan, Sturdevan, Startup, Start, Stirduant, Sturtervant, Sturtavant, Sterevant, Sturdyrant, Styrtavant, Sturdyvant, Stertevant, Styrtauant, Stirciuant, Stircyuant, Sturdyvaunte, Startifant, Startivant
Meaning & History
Perhaps a nickname for messenger, a pursuivant or a hasty person, derived from Middle English stirten, sterten meaning "to start, leap" (ultimately from Old English styrtan) and avaunt meaning "forward" (itself from Old French).