Sully

Sully, Varient of the last name Sullivan. Notable people include Alfred Sully, American Civil war officer famous for his paintings.

from any of the various places called Sully for example in Calvados Loiret Saone-et-Loire and Oise. The first of these is recorded in 1180 as Silleium from the Gallo-Roman personal name Silius or Cilius and the Latin locative element acum. The other place names are from the Gallo-Roman personal name Solius and acum. Most commonly found in Haiti

English: of Norman origin a habitational name from any of the three places called Sully in Calvados (Normandy), Aisne (Picardy), & Loiret (Centre)

English: habitational name from Old & New Sulehay in Nassington (Northamptonshire). The placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Seofa (“mind, spirit, understanding, heart”) & Old English lēah “woodland clearing”; however, it is not clear whether this name has survived to modern times.

English: habitational name from Sudeley (Gloucestershire) from Old English sūth “south, southern” or scydd “hovel, shed” & lēah “woodland clearing”.