SilverthorneEnglish (Rare) Silverthorne, Silverthorn comes from the Old English seolfor "silver" and þorn "thorn bush" and means the family that lived by the "silver or white thorn tree".
SilveyraSpanish Topographic name from silveira 'woodland', a collective derivative of silva (see Silva ); or a habitational name from any of the places called Silveira in Lugo and Pontevedra provinces, Galicia, Iberia.
SilviaPortuguese (Americanized) SILVIA is an Americanized version of the Portuguese surname Silva, which is derived from the Latin silvae and Portuguese silva words meaning “forest,” “woodland,” or “jungle.” This variation of the surname SILVA was often adopted by Portuguese immigrants upon arrival to the United States.
SimancasSpanish It indicates familial origin within either of 2 places: the municipality in the Comarca of Campiña del Pisuerga or the administrative neighborhood of the Madrid district of San Blas-Canillejas.
SimbeckGerman Originates from the German prefix sim meaning "of the head" and the German word becka meaning "bull". When combined in this order, the meaning was "bull-headed", meaning stubborn and obstinant.
SimbolonBatak Derived from Batak bolon meaning "big, grand, great".
SimbolonBatak From the Batak prefix si for place names and bolon meaning "big, large, grand".
SinapiusHistory Derived from Latin sināpi, meaning "white mustard". This was the latinized surname of a Bohemian pharmacist and possible maker of the Voynich Manuscript, Jacobus Horcicky.
SinatraItalian Comes from a personal name in Sicily and souther Calabria. The name was apparently in origin a nickname from Latin senator member of the Roman senate, Latin senatus, a derivative of senex ‘old’... [more]
SinclairScottish (Anglicized) Clan Sinclair is a Scottish clan, which held lands in the highlands; thought to have come to Scotland from France after the Norman invasion.
SinclaireEnglish Alternate spelling of the surname "Sinclair", derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair"
SindacTagalog From Tagalog sindak meaning "terror, shock, fright".
SingleEnglish Topographic name derived from Old English sengel meaning "burnt clearing" or "brushwood".
SingleEnglish From Middle English sengle meaning "alone, solitary, unmarried" or "simple, honest, sincere".
SingleGerman Derived from a pet form of a Germanic given name beginning with sing-.
SingletonEnglish Habitational name from either of two villages, one in Lancashire, derived from Old English scingol "shingle, roof tile" and tun "enclosure, yard, town", the other in Sussex, derived from Old English sengel meaning "brushwood" or "burnt clearing".
SintesCatalan Occupational name for a person who sold ribbons, from Catalan cinta meaning "ribbon, strip". This surname is mainly found in the Balearic Islands.
SiqueiraPortuguese Habitational name from numerous places called Siqueira or Sequeira in Portugal or Galicia, derived from sequeira meaning "arid land" (ultimately from Latin siccus "dry").
SiracusaItalian, Sicilian From the name of the city of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy (siracusa in Italian and sarausa in Sicilian).
SiraitBatak From the Batak prefix si used for place names and rait meaning "roof frame, hook".
SiriwardanaSinhalese Derived from Sanskrit श्री (shri) meaning "diffusing light, radiance, splendour, beauty" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing".
SissonEnglish metronymic from the medieval female personal name Siss, Ciss, short for Sisley, Cecilie, or possibly from a pet form of Sisley (with the old French diminutive suffix -on). variant of Sessions.
SitarmakerIndian, Bengali, Pakistani Denoting someone who makes sitar, a stringed instrument that is popular in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
SitchonFilipino Derived from Hokkien 七孫 (chhit-sun) meaning "seventh grandchild".
SitdikovBashkir, Tatar Either derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq) meaning "friend" or صَادِق (ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious".