Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage German, Jewish Meaning & History Means "starling (bird)" in German, probably denoting a talkative or perhaps a voracious person. Alternatively, an Anglicized form of Stern 2.
Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Dutch Meaning & History Means "stiff, frozen, rigid" in Dutch, from Middle Dutch staer "having a troubled or gloomy expression; tight, stiff", a nickname either for a gloomy person or for someone who was rigid and inflexible.
Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Slovene Other Forms FormsStare Meaning & History From Slovenian star "old, aged" (see Stare).