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Sell EstonianSell is an Estonian surname meaning "apprentice".
Selland NorwegianFrom the Old Norse habitational name
Seljuland, from
selja "willow" and
land "land", "farm".
Selmer GermanTeutonic name meaning "hall master" for a steward or keeper of a large home or settlement.
Selter EstonianSelter is an Estonian surname derived from either "selts" meaning "society", "union", "association", or "selters" (of German origin) meaning "seltzer".
Selva Catalan, ItalianFrom any of various places in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, or northern Italy named Selva, as for instance the Catalan district La Selva, from
selva "wood", Latin
silva.
Selvik NorwegianFrom any of the farms in Norway named with Old Norse
selja "willow" or
selr "seal" combined with
vík "bay, inlet".
Selz GermanThe Selz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and a left hand tributary of the Rhine. It flows through the largest German wine region, Rheinhessen or Rhenish Hesse. Also, Seltz (German: Selz) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department of the Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region in north-eastern France.... [
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Sem NorwegianNorwegian: habitational name from any of about fifteen farms so named, a variant of
Seim.
Semak Ukrainian, RussianEast Slavic surname derived from a Slavic root meaning "seven". This was used as a nickname for someone who was associated with this number and was mainly given to the seventh child.
Semenduev Judeo-TatFrom the given name
Semendu or
Simandu, which was possibly derived from Persian سیاه
(siyah) meaning "black" and مرد
(mard) meaning "man" or Hebrew סימן טוב
(siman tov) meaning "good sign, good mark".
Sen BengaliDerived from Sanskrit सेना
(sena) meaning "army, armament".
Senanayake SinhaleseFrom Sanskrit सेना
(sena) meaning "army" and नायक
(nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
Senatore Italianstatus name from
senatore "senator" (from Latin
senator) or a nickname for a stately or perhaps pompous man.
Senda JapaneseFrom Japanese 千
(sen) meaning "thousand" and 田
(ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sendaydiego FilipinoPossibly from Japanese 仙台
(Sendai), the name of a city in Japan, combined with the given name
Diego.
Sendulla Medieval Frenchthe name was originally from a town in the champagne valley that does not exist any more because of World War I the town's name is forgotten and all we have about it is the name sendulla a young girl whom live there as a child
Sénécal Frenchstatus name for a seneschal an official in a large household who was responsible for overseeing day-to-day domestic arrangements from Old French seneschal (of ancient Germanic origin composed of the elements
sini "old" and
scalc "servant")... [
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Seng German1. Topographic name for someone who lived by land cleared by fire, from Middle High German sengen ‘to singe or burn’. ... [
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Sengchanh LaoMeans "moonlight" from Lao ແສງ
(seng) meaning "light" and ຈັນ
(chanh) meaning "moon".
Sengmany LaoFrom Lao ແສງ
(seng) meaning "light" and ມະນີ
(mani) meaning "gem, jewel".
Sengsavang LaoFrom Lao ແສງ
(seng) meaning "light" and ສະຫວ່າງ
(savang) meaning "light, bright, dawn".
Sengsavanh LaoFrom Lao ແສງ
(seng) meaning "light" and ສະຫວັນ
(savanh) meaning "heaven".
Senjean FrenchProbably from St John (saint-jean) from Christianization of Basques and misspelled
Senn GermanDerived from the Middle High German word
senne meaning "dairy farmer".
Senna PortuguesePossibly coming from the surname "Sanna", it may mean "one with a big protruding tooth".... [
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Senokosov RussianDerived from Russian сенокос
(senokos) meaning "haymaking, hayfield".
Senri Japanese (Rare)This surname is used as 千里 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (type of measurement), village."... [
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Sensabaugh AmericanAmericanized form of German
Sensenbach, a topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’.
Sensenbach GermanA topographic name formed with an unexplained first element + Middle High German bach ‘creek’. Pretty common in Iowa and Pennsylvania.
Şentürk TurkishFrom Turkish
şen meaning "happy, cheerful" and
Türk meaning "Turk".
Seo KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 徐
(seo) meaning "slowly, quietly, calmly" or 西
(seo) meaning "west, western".
Seoane GalicianThis indicates familial origin within any of multiple localities that bear this syncopated form of the name San Xoán.
Seong KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 成 (Seong) meaning "Success".
Seonu KoreanFrom the Taewon Sunwoo Clan, written using the hanja 鮮于
Sepetys LithuanianIt comes from Šepetys, the Lithuanian word for comb or brush, and is stylized without the diacritic in English speaking countries.
Seppälä FinnishA Finnish surname and toponym derived from the occupation of blacksmith ("seppä")
Serapin Filipino, Tagalog, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian, Latvian, LithuanianFrom the given name
Seraphim.
Serbia SpanishUnknown.. researching history of the spanish name that was first identify being used in Utado Puerto, Rico in 1790s by Fransico Serbia and Paula Serbia Filare
Sereno Italian1 Italian: from the personal name Sereno (from Latin serenus, serena ‘clear’, ‘calm’).... [
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Sero JapaneseFrom Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids" and 呂 (ro) meaning "spine"
Serrallonga CatalanTaken from the name of a town in the Vallespir district, in Northern Catalonia.
Serrao ItalianProbably from a dialectical term meaning "closed, shut".
Seta JapaneseFrom Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Sether NorwegianHabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Seter or Sæter.
Sethna Indian (Parsi)Gujarati Parsi name meaning "pertaining to the banker", derived from Hindi सेठ
(seṭh) meaning "merchant, banker" (see
Seth).
Seton ScottishIt has been claimed in the past that the name Seton is Norman in origin, however evidence points to it being Flemish. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding the derivation of the name but nothing proved conclusively; it probably means "town by the sea" and possibly derives from the "sea town" of Staithes in modern day North Yorkshire... [
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Setsushi JapaneseFrom Japanese 節 (
setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" and 死 (
shi) meaning "death". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sette ItalianMeans "seven". Probably a nickname for the seventh child of a family, though it could derive from a place name containing the element.
Setzer German, JewishDerived from either Middle High German "setzen", used to refer to market inspectors and tax officials, or Yiddish "setser", a typesetter.
Seufale Samoanseufale is a name which is used in the islands of samoa but is also usedin other countries by the samoan people. seufale is a name passed down by a family member.
Sevastos GreekFrom the same Greek word that means respected, also an aristocratic title during the Byzantine Empire.
Sevelev RussianDerived by means of suffix "-ev" from Old Slavic verb sheveliti (se) meaning to make noise, to whirr, to rustle, to whistle, to wander. Initially it designated someone bold, daring, hardy, spirited... [
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Severn EnglishFrom the name of the River Severn, which is of unknown meaning. The Severn is Great Britain's longest river, flowing from Wales through much of western England to the Bristol Channel. It is one of Britain’s most ancient river names, recorded as early as the 2nd century AD in the form
Sabrina; its original meaning may have been "slow-moving" or "boundary".
Sevier EnglishOccupational name for a sieve-maker, Middle English
siviere (from an agent derivative of Old English
sife "sieve").
Sevilla SpanishHabitational name from the city of Seville (or Sevilla) in Andalusia, Spain. The city's name is probably derived from Phoenician
šplh meaning "valley, plain" through Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة
(ʾišbīliya).
Seville Spanish, Englisha city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain. Synonyms: Sevilla Example of: city, metropolis, urban center. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts... [
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Sewina German, PolishThe first available record of the Sewina family name is around 1620 in the province of Silesia, a mixed cultural region between Germany and Poland. Once part of the Prussian Empire and Germany. After World War Two, the area is now part of Poland... [
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Seyfried GermanDerived from the given name
Siegfried. The American actress Amanda Seyfried (1985-) is a well-known bearer of this name.
Sezer TurkishMeans "intuition", from Turkish
sezmek meaning "to understand, to perceive".
Sferrazza ItalianOccupational name for a scrap-metal merchant, from a derivative of Sferro in the sense ‘old and broken iron’. Habitational name from the district of Paternò in Catania, Sicily.
Sforza ItalianDerived from the Italian verb
sforzare meaning "to force, strain"; also compare the related word
forza "force, strength". This was the surname of a dynasty of Milanese dukes, which held power in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Sgouros GreekThe surname means "curly-haired" in medieval Greek. According to Adamantios Korais the etymology is from the Greek word gyros (round).
Sha ChineseFrom Chinese 沙
(shā) referring to the ancient state of Sha, which was part of the state of Song during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hebei province. Alternately it may come from Sha Sui, the name of a fief that was part of Song in what is now Henan province, or from Su Sha, the name of an ancient clan that inhabited parts of present-day Shandong province.
Shacklady EnglishPerhaps from a medieval nickname for a man who had had sexual relations with a woman of higher social class (from
shag "to copulate with" (not recorded before the late 17th century) and
lady).... [
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Shackleford English, Medieval EnglishLocational surname deriving from the place called Shackleford in Surrey, near the town of Farnham. The origin of "shackle" is uncertain. It could be derived from Old English
sceacan "to shake"... [
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Shackleton EnglishThe place name probably means "valley by a point of land," from the Old English
scacol +
denu.
3 Another source claims the word
scacol, describes a "tongue of land."
Shaddy IrishOrigin unidentified. Perhaps a variant of Irish Sheedy.
Shade English, German, Dutch, ScottishTopographic name for someone who lived near a boundary, from Old English
scead ‘boundary’.nickname for a very thin man, from Middle English
schade ‘shadow’, ‘wraith’.... [
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Shadow EnglishOrigin unidentified. The name
Shadue,
Schadewe is recorded in England in the 12th and 13th centuries, from Middle English
shadwe ‘shadow’, Old English
sceadu (see
Shade)... [
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