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Shao Chinese
From Chinese 邵 (shào) referring to the ancient fief of Zhao, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province. The name of the fief, 召, had the same pronunciation as the character 邵.

Shao Chinese
From Chinese 韶 (sháo) possibly referring to the ancient town of Shao that existed during the Sui dynasty in what is now Guangdong province.

Shapiev Dagestani, Avar, Dargin, Chechen
Means "son of Shapi".

Shapira Jewish
Variant of Shapiro.

Shaposhnikov m Russian
Means "son of a hatmaker".

Sharabi Judeo-Arabic
Denotes someone originally from the district of Sharab in western Yemen.

Sharafkandi Kurdish
Denoted a person from Sharafkand, a village in the Central District of Bukan County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Sharett Hebrew
Means "minister, servant", from Hebrew שָׁרַת (sharath) literally meaning "to minister, to serve". This surname was adopted by Moshe Sharett (1894-1965), born Moshe Chertok, who was the first foreign minister and later the second Prime Minister of Israel.

Sharifov Tajik, Azerbaijani
Means "son of Sharif", as well as variant of Azerbaijani Şərifov.

Sharifpour Persian
Means "son of Sharif".

Sharifzadeh Persian
Means "born of Sharif".

Shariy Ukrainian, Russian
Last name of Anatoly Shariy, the leader of Party of Shariy, a Ukrainian political party that was shut down due to alleged ties to Russia.

Sharkey Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ó Searcaigh.

Sharkie English
Variant of Sharkey.

Sharon Hebrew
From an Old Testament place name, in Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (Sharon), which means "plain", referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel.

Sharpin English
Variant of Sharp.

Sharplin English
Variant of Sharp.

Sharpling English
Variant of Sharp.

Shastry Kannada, Telugu
Variant of Shastri.

Shatner German (Anglicized), Jewish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Schattner. A notable bearer was Canadian actor William Shatner (1931-), who is known for his roles as Captain James T. Kirk in 'Star Trek', T.J. Hooker in 'T.J. Hooker', Denny Crane in 'Boston Legal', and the Priceline Negotiator in Priceline.com commercials.

Shattuck English
A locational name from a family in Chaddock, a hamlet in the parish in Lancashire, England. Also a variant of Chadwick.

Shauchenka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Shevchenko.

Shavers English
Variant of Shaver.

Shavkatov Uzbek
Means "son of Shavkat".

Shawe English
Variant of Shaw 1.

Shay Irish
Variant of Shea.

Shayk Russian
Contracted form of Shaykhlislamov or Shaykhlislamova.

Shaykhlislamov m Tatar, Bashkir
Means "son of Shaykhlislam".

Shaykhlislamova f Tatar, Bashkir
Feminine form of Shaykhlislamov.

Shcheglova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щеглов (see Shcheglov).

Shchepkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щепкин (see Shchepkin).

Shchyotkina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Щёткин (see Shchyotkin).

She Chinese
From Chinese 佘 (shé), which is of unknown significance.

Shear English
From Middle English schyre "pure, bright, fair", denoting someone who was beautiful or with fair hair. It could be a habitational name for someone from Shere in Surrey, of the same origin.

Shebani Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the name of an Arab tribe which is derived from Arabic شيب (šīb) meaning "white hair, grayness" or "cold, snow". This surname is chiefly used in Libya.

Shee Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of O'Shea.

Sheehan Irish (Anglicized, Archaic)
From irish "O Siodhachain" meaning "descendant of Siodhach" - peaceful or gentle, courteous.

Sheehey Irish
Variant of Sheehy.

Sheen English
Meaning unknown, though possibly a variant of Sean. A famous bearer of the surname is actor Charlie Sheen.

Sheepshanks Scottish
From a medieval Scottish and northern English nickname for someone with a strange or awkward way of walking (literally "sheeplegs").

Sheeran English, Irish
Shortened form of O'Sheeran.

Sheet Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.

Sheffield English, English (British)
A surname which named after an city in England.... [more]

Sheik Arabic, Indian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic شيخ or Bengali শেখ (see Sheikh).

Sheikh Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the Arabic title شَيْخ (šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head". It is used to denote a political or spiritual leader of a Muslim community.

Sheikhi Persian
Persian form of Sheikh.

Shek Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shi.

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.

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]

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

Shemla Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Chemla.

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.

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.

Shentu Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 申屠 (shēntú) meaning "butcher from Shen", a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.

Sheosunker South African
Variant of Sheosanker.

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

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.

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

Sheremet Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Ukrainian cognate of Şeremet.

Sheremeta Ukrainian, Russian
Variant of Sheremet.

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)".

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.

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

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).

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]

Sherring English
Patronymic variant of the given name Sherwin.

Sherzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Shirzai.

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

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.

Shevchik Russian
Variant of Shevtsov.

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.

Shevnin m Russian
A form of Shevchenkov.

Shevtsiv Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Shevtsov.

Shevtsov m Russian
Russian form of Shvets.

Shewell English
Variant of Sewell, possibly influenced by the Middle English word shewel "scarecrow".

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.

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]

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

Shibani Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Shebani.

Shibugai Japanese
Variant of Shibutani.

Shibugaya Japanese
Variant of Shibutani.

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).

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.

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".

Shigawa Japanese
Variant of Shikawa.

Shigezato Japanese
Variant of Shigesato.

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).

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.

Shikhel' German (Russified)
Russified form of Schiechel.

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]

Shilova f Russian
Feminine form of Shilov.

Shim Korean
Alternate transcription of Sim.

Shimabuku Japanese, Okinawan
Variant of Shimabukuro.

Shimadzu Japanese
Variant transcription of Shimazu.

Shimanovsk Russian (Rare)
From the city of Shimanovsk (Шимановск) in the Amur Oblast or other places called Shimanovsk.

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

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

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]

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

Shimmin Manx
Contracted form of McSimeen

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.

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".

Shimozawa Japanese
Variant of Shimosawa.

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

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).

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).

Shinagawa Japanese
Variant of Shinakawa.

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

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.

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

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]

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

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]

Shinota Japanese
Variant of Shinoda.

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).

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.

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’.

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
German and Jewish Cognate and English variant 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).

Shiragawa Japanese
Variant of Shirakawa.

Shiroma Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese form of the Okinawan surname 城間 (Gushikuma), derived from Okinawan 城 (gushiku) meaning "castle" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".

Shiryu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shiryū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Shiryuh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shiryuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Shiryū).

Shirzai Pashto
Means "son of Sher".

Shishima Japanese
I don't know the history of this last name. I saw it in a magazine somewhere...

Shishimine Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 獅 (shishi), script-changed from 猪 (shishi) meaning "sus scrofa" and 峯 (mine) meaning "peak; summit".... [more]

Shishkov m Russian
Variant of Shishko.

Shit Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Seth.

Shitayashiki Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 下屋敷 (see Shimoyashiki).

Shiu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shao.

Shivazy Dungan
Variant of Shivaza.

Shivers Irish
Irish variant of Chivers.

Shiwa Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 斯波 or 紫波 (see Shiba) or variant of Shiba but written 志和.

Shiyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Shklovskiy m Russian
Means "from Shklov". Shklov (or Shklow, Škloŭ) is a city in the Mohilyov region of Belarus.

Shklowski m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Shklovskiy.

Shlomov Jewish, Russian
Means "son of Shlomo".

Shlyapnikov m Russian
Means "son of the hatmaker", from Russian шляпник (shlyapnik), meaning "hatmaker, hatter".

Shmailov Hebrew, Georgian, Russian, Jewish
A variant of Shmuel.

Shmidt Russian
Russian form of Schmidt.

Shnayder Jewish (Russified)
Russified form of Schneider.

Sho Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu) or a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu).

Shoaf American
Origin is unknown but it is the surname of American Rachel Shoaf who is a convicted murderer.

Shōami Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 正阿弥 (shōami), a sect of kettle brim making, hat brim making, or weapon-end guard making.

Shoami Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shoat English (American)
Variant of Choate

Shōaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shoaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"

Shoels English (American)
Variant of Scholes.

Shoemaker English, German (Americanized), Dutch (Americanized)
English cognate of Schuhmacher. It could also be an Americanized form of Schuhmacher, Schoemaker, or other names denoting a shoemaker.

Shoen German (Anglicized), Jewish
Americanized spelling of German or Ashkenazic Jewish Schön or Schoen.

Shoesmith English
occupational name for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses (a farrier) or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes such as the tips of spades and the plowshares on plow moldboards from Middle English sho "shoe" (Old English scoh) and smith "smith" (Old English smiþ).

Shoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shohmi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shojaee Persian
Alternate transcription of Persian شجاعی (see Shojaei).

Shoji Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 庄司 (see Shōji).

Shōjiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Kōjiya).

Shojiya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 小路谷 (see Shōjiya).

Shokanov m Kazakh
Means "son of Shokan".

Shokanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Shokanov.

Shōmi Japanese
From Japanese 正味 (Shōmi) meaning "Shōmi", a division in the area of Yoshiumi in the city of Imabari in the prefecture of Ehime in Japan.

Shomi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shomurodov Uzbek
Means "son of Shomurod".

Shonkwiler German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Schankweiler.

Shootman Germanic
Uncertain origin, probably occupational, from German, Dutch, or English. If German, possible occupational surname for a cobbler, from Old German Schuchmann, lit. "shoe man". Similar origin if Dutch... [more]

Shore English
From the Old English word scora meaning "the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast."

Shostakovich Russian
Last name of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich.

Shotadze Georgian
Means "son of Shota".

Shotashvili Georgian
Means "son of Shota".

Shou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).

Shouami Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōami).

Shouaya Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正阿弥 (see Shōaya).

Shoumi Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 正味 (see Shōmi).

Shouyu Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Shoyu.

Shovkhalov Chechen
Chechen surname of unknown meaning.

Shovkhalova Chechen
Feminine transcription of Chechen Шовхалов (see Shovkhalov).

Showecker German
Variant of Schauwecker

Shoyu Japanese (Rare)
Shoyu is made up of two kanji that literally means "soy sauce".

Shpigl Yiddish
Yiddish form of Spiegel.

Shpilbarg Yiddish
Yiddish form of Spielberg.

Shrader English
Variant of Schrader.

Shrapnel English
A different form of Carbonell. Shrapnel (i.e. metal balls or fragments that are scattered when a bomb, shell or bullet explodes) is named after General Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), a British artillery officer who during the Peninsular War invented a shell that produced that effect.

Shreck German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Schreck.

Shrem Hebrew
The surname “Shrem” is of Halabi-Jewish origin. It is an acronym for “Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Yom Tov, and Moed”.

Shreve English
Altered English variant of Sheriff. In some cases, this surname may have arisen from a nickname.

Shreves English
Variant form of Shreve.

Shrewsbury English
From Shrewsbury, a market town and the county town of Shropshire, England, derived from Old English scrobb meaning "scrub, brushwood" and burg meaning "fortified place".

Shrimpton English
Probably referring to the unknown "Estate of Shrimp"

Shrivastav Indian, Hindi
Short form of Sanskrit श्रीवास्तव्य (shrivastavya) meaning "abode of wealth", itself from श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty, wealth, prosperity" and वास्तव्य (vastavya) meaning "residence, abode, dwelling, inhabiting".

Shrivastava Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Shrivastav.

Shropshire English
Regional name from the county of Shropshire, on the western border of England with Wales.

Shteyn Yiddish
Yiddish form of Stein.

Shteynberg Jewish
Russified form of Steinberg.

Shu Chinese
From Chinese 舒 (shū) referring to the ancient state of Shu, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.

Shu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).

Shū Chinese (Japanized)
Japanese transcription of Xi or Zhou.

Shū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).

Shudai Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Shue German (Anglicized), Jewish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schuh or Schue. A famous bearer of this name is the American actress Elisabeth Shue (1963-).

Shue Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xu 1, Xu 2 or Xue.

Shuford English (American)
American form of German Schuffert (see Schuchardt).

Shukurov Uzbek
Means "son of Shukur" in Uzbek.

Shuler German (Americanized), English (American)
Americanized form of Schuler.

Shul'ga Ukrainian (Russified)
Russified form of Shul'ha.

Shull German
Derivative of Scholl

Shults Jewish (Anglicized, Rare)
The name Shults comes from one of those ancient dukedoms, territories and states that would eventually form a part of present day Germany. At its birth in the Middle Ages, it was used to indicate someone who worked as a town-mayor derived from the medieval name "Schultheis" which has the same meaning.... [more]

Shultz German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Schultz , or a variant spelling of the Jewish name.

Shulzhenko Ukrainian
Variant of Shulha.

Shum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shen.

Shum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cen.

Shumakher German (Russified)
Russified form of Schumacher.

Shumate French, English (American)
Americanized version of De La Chaumette.

Shumey Ukrainian
Variant of Shumeyko.

Shurchenko Ukrainian
Variant of Shurenko.

Shurenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Shura".

Shurgot Polish, English (American)
Americanized spelling of Szurgot.

Shurin m Russian
Means "son of Shura".

Shushanyan Armenian (Rare)
Means "son of Shushan".

Shuster English
Variant of German Schuster or Slovenian Šuster, both meaning "shoemaker".

Shuu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).

Shvarts Jewish
Variant of Schwartz

Shvartsman German (Russified)
Russified form of Schwartzmann.

Shvedova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Шведов (see Shvedov).

Shvetsov Russian, Ukrainian
Means "son of a cobbler" or "shoemaker" in Russian or Ukrainian.

Shvydkyy m Ukrainian
Variant of Shvydko.

Shwets Ukrainian
Variant of Shwetz

Shy English (American)
Americanization of Schei.

Shyamalan Indian (Rare), Malayalam (Rare)
Derived from the given name Shyamal or Shyama. This is the surname of Manoj "M... [more]

Shylau m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Shilov.

Shylava f Belarusian
Feminine form of Shylau.

Shylinh German (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Schilling.

Shyngysov m Kazakh
Means "son of Shyngys".

Shyngysova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Shyngysov.

Shynkarchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Shynkarenko.

Shynkarenka Ukrainian (Belarusianized)
Belarusianised form of Shynkarenko.

Si Chinese
From Chinese 司 (sī) meaning "to take charge of, to control, to manage" or "officer, official".

Sia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.

Sialm Romansh
Derived from a short form of the given name Anselm.

Siamak Belarusian
Belarusian Latin spelling of Syamak.

Siamwalla Thai
From Thai สยาม (Sayam) meaning "Siam" and วาลา (wala), a transcription of Pali वाला (vālā) meaning "malicious".

Siân Welsh
Either a variant of Siôn or taken directly from the name Siân

Siauw Chinese (Indonesian)
Dutch-influenced romanization of Xiao used by Chinese Indonesians.

Sibelius Finland Swedish
Latinization of Swedish Sibbe, the name of an estate in Eastern Uusimaa, Finland. A notable bearer was Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).

Sibley English (British)
From the Anglo-Saxons influence in England. Said to be derived from the ancient Sibbelee, a woman’s Christian name, and has been traced through Sibilla, Sybbly, and finally Sibley. Sibilla was the name of a Greek princess who uttered the ancient oracles, and is represented on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel... [more]

Sibunruang Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).

Sibunrueng Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สีบุญเรือง (see Sibunrueang).

Sichkar Ukrainian
Probably from Ukrainian Січ (Sich), the name of Zaporizhzhyan cossack group.

Sichon Filipino
Variant of Sitchon.

Sickafoose German
Variant of Ziegenfuss.

Sickafus German
Variant of Ziegenfuss.

Siddi Italian
From the name of a municipality in Sardinia, possibly deriving from Vulgar Latin casilli "huts, farmhouses".

Siddique Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Siddiqui.

Siddiquee Bengali
Bengali variant of Siddiqui.

Siddiqui Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Urdu صدیقی or Bengali সিদ্দিকী (see Siddiqi).

Siddle English
Variant of Siddall.

Siddu Italian
From Sardinian siddu "seal, brand", or the related siddai/re "to seal, to tighten", from which come the phrases 'siddai is dentis' "to grit one's teeth" and 'siddàu siast ingùnis' "may you be sealed there", the latter of which would have been affectionately said to a child that wouldn't stay still.

Sider English (American)
Americanization of Seider.

Sideris Greek
Greek reduced and altered form of the personal name Isidoros (see Isadore), altered by folk etymology as if derived from sidero ‘iron’ (classical Greek sideron), and hence regarded as an omen name: ‘may the child grow up to be as strong as iron’.