Submitted Surnames with "scribe" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword scribe.
usage
meaning
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Bakshi Indian, Bengali, Punjabi
Derived from Persian بخشی (baxši) meaning "paymaster, scribe, secretary", used as a title for officials who distributed wages in Muslim armies.
Clerc French
Occupational or status name for a member of a minor religious order or for a scholar Old French clerc from Late Latin clericus from Greek klerikos a derivative of kleros "inheritance legacy" with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy ) "whose inheritance was the Lord"... [more]
Escribano Spanish
An occupational name from escribano "scribe" (from Late Latin scriba "scribe" genitive scribanis from Latin scriba genitive scribae)... [more]
Facchini Italian
Occupational name for a porter (a carrier of objects), derived from Italian facchino meaning "porter, carrier of goods". The word facchino was originally from Sicilian facchinu meaning "jurist, scribe, clerk, theologian" (ultimately from Arabic فَقِيه (faqīh) meaning "jurisconsult, expert on law"), but was later modified to mean "porter".
Kateb Arabic
From Arabic كَاتِب (kātib) meaning "writer, scribe, clerk".
Nutter English
Means either (i) "scribe, clerk" (from Middle English notere, ultimately from Latin notārius); or (ii) "person who keeps or tends oxen" (from a derivative of Middle English nowt "ox")... [more]
Raščius Lithuanian
Probably from Lithuanian raštvedys meaning "clerk" or "scribe".
Schrijver Dutch
Means "scribe, clerk, writer" in Dutch, cognate to German Schreiber.