All Submitted Surnames

Shekelstein Jewish

Sheldon English, English (American)
From an Old English place name meaning "valley with steep sides".

Sheldrake English
From a medieval nickname for a dandyish (showy) or vain man, from Middle English scheldrake, the male of a type of duck with brightly-coloured plumage (itself from the East Anglian dialect term scheld "variegated" combined with drake "male duck").

Sheleg Russian
Russian form of Šelieh.

Shelesh Greek (?)

Shelford English

Shelgam Indian

Sheline English

Shell American
Posibly from the given name Shell.

Shelley English, Irish
From the given name Shelley It means "wooded clearing" in Irish.

Shelley English, Irish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from any of the three places called Shelley (Essex Suffolk Yorkshire) or from Shelley Plain in Crawley (Sussex)... [more]

Shelon English

Shelvin English

Shemer Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Schimmer.... [more]

Shemesh Jewish
Means "sun" in Hebrew.

Shemla Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Chemla.

Shemtov Hebrew (Modern)
Means "good name", derived from Hebrew שם (shem) means "name" and טוב (tov) means "good".

Shen Chinese
From Chinese 沈 (shěn) referring to the ancient state of Shen, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the Henan province.

Shen Chinese
From Chinese 慎 (shèn) meaning "cautious, acting sincerely, with care".

Shenandoah Oneida
From the given name Shenandoah.

Shenberger English (?)
The name Shenberger comes from a common mix up with the archaic Austrian-German surname Schoenberg; meaning "Beautiful Mountain."

Shenda African

Sheng Chinese

Sheng Chinese
From Chinese 盛 (shèng) meaning "flourishing, prosperous", also referring to the ancient state of Sheng which existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shandong province.

Shenkao Abazin

Shenton English
"Beautiful town" in Old English. Parishes in Leicestershire, and Cheshire.

Sheosanker South African

Sheosunker South African
Variant of Sheosanker.

Sheperd English
Variant of Shepherd or transferred use of the surname Sheperd.

Shepley English

Sheptitskiy Ukrainian
This indicates familial origin with the village of Sheptychi in Ukraine, which, as of February 2017, is located within Sambir Raion in the Lviv Oblast.

Sher Urdu
Derived from the given name Sher.

Sheraliev Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Means "son of Sherali", from a combination of the names Sher and Ali 1.

Sherard English

Sheraton English

Sherel English (Rare)

Sheremet Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Ukrainian cognate of Şeremet.

Sheremeta Ukrainian, Russian
Variant of Sheremet.

Sheremetev Russian
Derived from the Turkic word Şeremet meaning "poor man". (See Şeremet)

Sheremeteva Russian
Feminine equivalent of Sheremetev.

Shereshevsky Russian, Jewish
Name for someone originally from the city of Sharashova in Belarus, probably derived Russian шерешь (sheresh) meaning "frozen mud, ice (on a river)".

Shergill Indian

Shergill English (Canadian)

Sherhouse English

Sherif Arabic
From the given name Sharif.

Sheriff English, Scottish
Occupational name for a sheriff, derived from Middle English schiref, shreeve, shryve literally meaning "sheriff", or from Old English scir meaning "shire, administrative district" and (ge)refa meaning "reeve"... [more]

Sherkhanzai Afghan
Meaning "son of Sherkhan" in Pashto. Sherkhan itself means "lion king" in Persian. This surname is found among Afghans belonging to the Barech, one of the Durrani Pashto tribes.

Sherles English

Sherlock English, Irish
Nickname for someone with "fair hair" or "a lock of fair hair."

Shermar English

Sherpa Nepali
From the name of the Sherpa people of Nepal, India and Bhutan, itself derived from Tibetan ཤར (shar) meaning "east" and the nominalising particle པ (pa).

Sherrard English
Probably from a medieval nickname based on Middle English shere "bright, fair", with the derogatory suffix -ard.

Sherrell English
This surname is of English locational origin, from the place in Devonshire called Shirwell. The placename is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sirewelle, and by 1242 as Shirewill... [more]

Sherrill English

Sherring English
Patronymic variant of the given name Sherwin.

Sherrington English (British)

Sherry English (American)

Sherwell English

Sherwin English
English: nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’ + wind ‘wind’.

Sherwood English
From a place name meaning "bright forest", derived from Old English scir meaning "bright" and wudu meaning "tree, wood".

Sherzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Shirzai.

Sheshani Indian

Shestakov m Russian
Derives from Russian word шесть (shest') meaning six.

Shestov Russian
From Russian шесть (shest'), meaning "six".

Sheth Indian, Marathi, Bengali, Hindi
Variant transcription of Seth.

Shettima Kanuri, Nigerian
Meaning unknown.

Shetty Kannada, Indian, Telugu

Shevalier English (American), English (Canadian)
Anglicized form of the French surname Chevalier.

Shevardnadze Georgian
Means "son of the falcon", from Georgian შავარდენი (shavardeni) meaning "falcon, hawk". A famous bearer was Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014).

Shevchenkov Russian, Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant of Shevchenko.

Shevelev Russian
Derived 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.

Sheverdyaeva Russian

Shevnin m Russian
A form of Shevchenkov.

Shewbridge English

Shewchun English (Canadian)

Shi Chinese
From Chinese 施 (shī) referring to the ancient state of Shi, which existed during the Xia dynasty in present-day Hubei province.

Shi Chinese
From Chinese 石 (shí) meaning "stone", also referring to the ancient city of Chach that is now Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Shi Chinese
In Chinese Shi means History.

Shi Chinese
From 时(shí) means time.

Shia Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Xie.

Shiba Japanese
From Japanese 斯波 (Shiba) meaning "Shiba", a former district in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]

Shibabaw Amharic

Shibakawa Japanese
From Japanese 芝 (shiba) meaning "turf, lawn, sod" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

Shibanami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 紫波 (see Shiba).

Shibani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.

Shibano Japanese

Shibasaki Japanese
Shiba (柴) means firewood, Saki (崎) means small peninsula.

Shibata Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Shibazaki Japanese

Shibazaki Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood, brushwood" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Shibugai Japanese
Variant of Shibutani.

Shibugaya Japanese
Variant of Shibutani.

Shibuimaru Japanese
From Japanese 渋 (''shibu'') "unripe persimmon juice", 井 (''i'') "well" and 丸 (''maru'') "circle".

Shibuki Japanese
Shibu means "astringent, rough" and ki means "tree, wood".

Shibusawa Japanese
From Japanese 渋 or 澁 (shibu) meaning "astringent (taste), harsh" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Shibutani Japanese
From Japanese 澁 or 渋 (shibu) meaning "rough" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Shibuzawa Japanese
Variant of Shibusawa.

Shichiho Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

Shichihō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of 七宝 (see Shippō) and can be also spelled 七寳.

Shichihoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

Shichihou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 or 七寳 (see Shichihō).

Shida Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shidama Japanese
From 師 (shi) meaning "teacher, master, mentor" and 玉 (tama) meaning "ball, sphere, jewel, gem".

Shidehara Japanese
Combination of the kanji 幣 (shide, of uncertain meaning) and 原 (hara, "meadow").

Shido Japanese

Shie Chinese

Shie German
Variant of Schie.

Shieh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xie or Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.

Shiel Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Siadhail.

Shield English
Metonymic occupational name for an armorer, from Middle English scheld "shield" (Old English scild, sceld).

Shields English

Shields Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Siadhail

Shiels Irish (Anglicized)
Variant of Shiel.

Shiemke Kashubian (Americanized, ?), Polish (Americanized, ?), Sorbian (Americanized, ?)
Americanized form of Schimke, which is a Germanized form of an uncertain Slavic name, possibly Polish, Kashubian or Sorbian. The original name was a nickname meaning "little Simon 1", either a diminutive of the given name or meaning "son of Simon".

Shifu Central African

Shiga Japanese

Shigaraki Japanese
From Japanese 死 (shi) meaning "death", 柄 (gara) meaning "handle, grip", and 木 (ki) meaning "tree"

Shigawa Japanese
Variant of Shikawa.

Shige Japanese
Shige means "luxurious".

Shigei Japanese

Shigematsu Japanese

Shigematsu Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Shigemura Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and mura means "hamlet, village" or "town".

Shigeoka Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".

Shigesato Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and sato means "village".

Shigeta Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shigezato Japanese
Variant of Shigesato.

Shigusawa Japanese
Keiichi Shigusawa, professionally known as Keiichi Sigsawa, is an award winning novelist.

Shih Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 施 (see Shi).

Shih Taiwanese
Alternate transcription of Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.

Shiha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Shihab Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Shihab.

Shiiduka Japanese

Shiina Japanese

Shiitake Japanese

Shijou Japanese
From Japanese 市 (shi) meaning "market, town", 四 (shi) meaning "four" or 砥 (shi) meaning "whetstone"; combined with 場 (jou) meaning "place", 條 (jou) meaning "article, twig, ray", 条 (jou) with the same meaning as the previous one, or 上 (jou) meaning "above".

Shikada Japanese

Shikai Japanese
Possibly from 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer, antelope" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit".

Shikalgar Indian (Muslim), Indian
Derived from the Persian word صیقلگر (saiqalgar) "polisher", referring a person who polishes stuff.

Shikanai Japanese
A notable bearer is Kayleigh Shikanai.

Shikanai Japanese
From Japanese 鹿 (shika) meaning "deer" and 内 (nai) meaning "inside".

Shikari Indian, Hindi
From Hindi meaning "hunter, huntsman".

Shikata Japanese

Shikawa Japanese

Shikazu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 志和 (see Shiwa).

Shikdar Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali সিকদার (see Sikder).

Shikder Bengali
Alternate transcription of Bengali শিকদার (see Sikder).

Shikhaliyev m Azerbaijani (Russified)
Russified form of Şıxəliyev.

Shikhanov m Russian

Shikhel' German (Russified)
Russified form of Schiechel.

Shiki Japanese

Shikimi Japanese

Shikongo African
Potentially means "people's leader". Prevalent in Nambia.

Shilling English, German (Americanized), Dutch (Americanized)
nickname from the Middle English coin name schilling "shilling" (Old English scilling) probably referring to a fee or rent owed or paid... [more]

Shillue English (?)

Shilo Russian, Ukrainian
Means "awl" in Russian and Ukrainian, from the Old Slavic root šidlo.

Shilov m Russian
Derived from Russian шило (shilo) meaning awl, from the Old Slavic root šidlo.

Shilova f Russian
Feminine form of Shilov.

Shim Korean
Alternate transcription of Sim.

Shim Chinese (Hakka, Sinicized, Modern)

Shima Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Shimabuku Japanese

Shimabukuro Japanese

Shimadzu Japanese
Variant transcription of Shimazu.

Shimai Japanese
Shima means "island" and i means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Shimajiri Japanese
From 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear".

Shimajuko Japanese

Shimamori Japanese
Shima (島) means "island", mori (森) means "forest"

Shimamoto Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Shimano Japanese
Shima means "island" and no means "field, wilderness, plain".

Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".

Shimasaki Japanese

Shimata Japanese

Shimatsu Japanese

Shimazaki Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Shimazu Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 津 (zu) meaning "harbor".

Shimbe Japanese

Shimbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Shimbu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Niibe).

Shime Japanese
This surname is used as 七五三, 志免 or 志馬 with 七 (shichi, nana, nana.tsu, nano, shi) meaning "seven", 五 (go, itsu, itsu.tsu, me) meaning "five", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling", 免 (men, manuka.reru, manuga.reru, me) meaning "dismissal, excuse" and 馬 (ba, uma, -uma, ma, me) meaning "horse."... [more]

Shimegake Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Shimekake.

Shimei Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Shimekake.

Shimekake Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 七 (shichi) from 楠木七郎 (Kusunoki Shichirō), 五 (go) from 和田五郎 (Wada Gorō), 三 (san) from 三百騎 (sambyakuki) meaning "300 horses" and 掛 (kake), phonetically assigned to write 駆ける (kakeru) meaning "to run"... [more]

Shimemura Japanese

Shimmel Yiddish
From the given name Shimmel, a Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.

Shimmin Manx
Contracted form of McSimeen

Shimo Japanese

Shimobayashi Japanese

Shimoda Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shimoenoo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下酔尾 (Shimoenoo) meaning "Shimoenoo", a former division in the area of Terushima in the city of Ichikikushikino in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.

Shimogawara Japanese

Shimoji Okinawan (Rare)
Comes from the island in Okinawa, Japan, called Shimoji. The combination of Kanji characters are 下 meaning "down, below", and 地 meaning "place, territory".

Shimokata Japanese
Shimo can mean "under, below" and kata can mean "shape" or "single".

Shimokawa Japanese

Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shimomae Japanese

Shimomura Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Shimonari Japanese
From 下 (shimo) meaning "below," "under" and 成 (naru) meaning "to become."

Shimono Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "under, below" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Shimooka Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and oka means "ridge, hill". ... [more]

Shimosawa Japanese
Shimo means "below, under" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Shimota Japanese

Shimotakahara Japanese

Shimotsuki Japanese (Rare, ?)
霜 (Shimo) means "hoar, frost" and 月 (tsuki) means "month, noon". This is the traditional Japanese word for "November". ... [more]

Shimoyama Japanese
Shimo means "under, below" and yama means "mountain". ... [more]

Shimoyashiki Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "lower, downstream" and 屋敷 (yashiki) meaning "mansion", referring to a mansion in the lowlands.

Shimozawa Japanese
Variant of Shimosawa.

Shimpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shimpō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 神 (shin) meaning "deity; god" and 宝 (pō), from 宝 (hō) meaning "treasure".

Shimpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shimpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shimura Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 泰 (see Tai).

Shin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).

Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 針 (see Hari).

Shina Japanese
Shina can mean "family, department, section".

Shinada Japanese

Shinagawa Japanese
Variant of Shinakawa.

Shinakawa Japanese
Shina means "family, department, section" and kawa means "river, stream".

Shinami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 (see Shiba).

Shinazugawa Japanese (Rare)
Means "immortal river; never dying river; river with no deaths" in Japanese.

Shinbe Japanese

Shinbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Shimbe).

Shinbu Japanese
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 新部 (see Shimbu).

Shinde Indian, Marathi
Meaning unknown; this was also the name of a Indian dynasty from Maharashtra.

Shinden Japanese
See Arata,this is simply the formal pronunciation.

Shindera Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 新寺 (see Niidera).

Shindō Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new", 進 (shin) meaning "advance, progress", 信 (shin) meaning "trust, faith", or 真 (shin) meaning "truth, reality" combined with 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria" or 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".

Shingawa Japanese
Variant of Shinkawa.

Shingler English
An occupational name for someone who laid wooden tiles, or shingles on roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English schingle ‘shingle’. ... [more]

Shinkai Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new" and 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean".

Shinkal Afghan

Shinketsu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神結 (see Kamiyui).

Shinkura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "fresh, new" and 蔵 (kura) or 倉 (kura) meaning "possess, storehouse, granary".

Shinmar Ancient Hebrew (Hellenized, Archaic, ?)
'Shin'; literally translated as 'god', 'crown'. 'Mar'; Hebrew translation for 'master'. Used by Ancient Hebrew descendants/Jews still existing in Middle East & India. Also a city that exists in West Punjab with majority Hebrew/Jews & synagogues.... [more]

Shinmura Japanese
From 新 (shin, ara, nii) meaning "new, fresh" and 村 (mura) meaning "village, hamlet".

Shinn English
Metonymic occupational name for a Skinner, from Old English scinn, Middle English shin ‘hide’, ‘pelt’. In Middle English this word was replaced by the Norse equivalent, skinn.

Shinnan Irish

Shino Japanese

Shinobu Japanese
Shinobu is a Japanese name meaning "recall" or "endurance."

Shinomi Japanese
From 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 見 (mi) meaning "view, outlook".

Shinosaki Japanese
Shino means "bamboo" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".

Shinota Japanese
Variant of Shinoda.

Shinotsuka Japanese
Shino means "dwarf bamboo" and tsuka means "mound, hillock".

Shinozuka Japanese

Shinozuka Japanese
From Japanese 篠 (shino) meaning "dwarf bamboo" and 塚 (tsuka) meaning "hillock, mound".

Shinpo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shinpō Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shinpoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shinpou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 神宝 or 神寶 (see Shimpō).

Shinsawa Japanese

Shinseki Japanese
Shin can mean "new" or "trust, faith" and seki means "frontier pass".

Shinso Japanese
From Japanese 心 (shin) meaning "heart, mind" and 操 (so, sou, sō) meaning "manipulate, operate"

Shintaku Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 宅 (taku) meaning "house, home".

Shintani Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Shintoku Japanese

Shinwari Pashto
Perhaps from Shinwar, the name of a Pashtun-inhabited district in Afghanistan. The Shinwari are a Pashtun tribe found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Shinyama Japanese
Means "New Mountain".... [more]

Shinzawa Japanese
Variant of Shinsawa.

Shio Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt".

Shioda Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Shioda Japanese

Shioe Japanese
From 潮 (shio) meaning "salt" and 江 (e) meaning "inlet, river".

Shiohata Japanese

Shiojiri Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 尻 (jiri) meaning "rear, end, back".... [more]

Shiokawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" combined with 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Shiomi Japanese
From Japanese 汐 (shio) meaning "salt, tide, opportunity" and 見 (mi) meaning "sight".

Shiono Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness, plain".

Shiosaki Japanese

Shiota Japanese

Shiotani Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".

Shiozaki Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".

Shiozawa Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Shiozuka Japanese

Ship English
This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is an occupational surname for "a mariner", or perhaps, occasionally a "ship or boat-builder". The derivation of the name is from the Olde English pre 7th Century scip, ship, in Middle English schip

Shipley English (Rare)
English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

Shipman English
Occupational name for a mariner, or occasionally perhaps for a boatbuilder, from Middle English "schipman". One notable person is known evildoer Harold Shipman. He was an English general practitioner who is believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history.

Shipp English
nickname for a mariner or perhaps a boatbuilder from Middle English schip "ship". Compare Shipman . in addition the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a ship.

Shipper German, Jewish, English
Cognate of Schipper. occupational name from Middle English shippere "shipman sailor seaman" (Old English scipere) perhaps also with the sense "skipper" (Middle Low German schipper).

Shippo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shippō Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 七宝 (Shippō) meaning "Shippō", a former village in the district of Toyota in the former Japanese province of Aki in parts of present-day Hiroshima, Japan.

Shippoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shippou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 七宝 (see Shippō).

Shipton English
From Old English scip "sheep", and tun "enclosure; settlement".

Shipwright English
Occupational name for a ship builder.

Shira Indian

Shira Albanian

Shirado Japanese

Shiradoh Japanese

Shiradou Japanese

Shiraga Japanese

Shiragawa Japanese
Variant of Shirakawa.

Shirah Iranian

Shirahama Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore".

Shirahata Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 幡 (hata) meaning "flag, banner".

Shirai Japanese
Means "Purple Thunder". From Japanese 紫 (shi) meaning "purple" and 雷 (rai) meaning "thunder". Notable bearers are joshi wrestlers Mio Shirai and Io Shirai.

Shiraiwa Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 岩 (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks".

Shirako Japanese
Meaning "white child".

Shiramizu Japanese
From Japanese 白 (shira) meaning "white" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".