250 Surnames Starting With S and What They Mean

80 Traditional Last Names That Start With S

These are the S surnames you meet on a class register: occupational names, place names and patronymics that travelled far beyond where they started. Several now double as first names, and we give the latest U.S. rank where they do.

1. Saavedra – A Galician-Spanish surname meaning “old hall,” associated with Salavieja.
2. Saenz – A patronymic Spanish and Basque surname meaning “son of Sancho” or “son of Santo.”
3. Sajjad – Derived from the Arabic “masjid,” meaning “mosque,” combined with a person who worships in one.
4. Salazar – Means “old hall” after the town of Salazar in Castile, Spain.
5. Saleh – Means “pious” in Arabic and is a very popular first name for Muslim boys. U.S. records back that up modestly, with 55 boys and a rank of 2,472 in 2025.
6. Salvador – Given to “one from Salvador, Spain” or a “descendent of Salvador,” meaning “pious.” Regular first-name use continues, at 756 for U.S. boys in 2025, quieter than its 1990 high of 289.
7. Samaras – A Greek surname meaning “saddler,” composed of “samari,” meaning “saddle,” and “-as,” for an occupation.
8. Samuelson – A common English surname for a “son of Samuel,” also appearing as the Swedish Samuelsson.
9. Sandberg – Made up of the Swedish “sand,” meaning “sand,” and “berg,” meaning “mountain” or “hill.”
10. Sanders – Means “son of Alexander,” based on the Greek Alexandros, meaning “man’s defender.” It ranked 1,051st for U.S. boys in 1951; today about fifteen a year receive it.
11. Sandoval – Composed of the Latin “saltus,” meaning “grove,” and “novalis,” meaning “newly cleared land.”
12. Sandström – Means “sandstream” in Swedish based on “sand,” meaning “sand,” and “ström,” meaning “river.”
13. Santana – Taken from the town of Santa Ana, Spain, inspired by St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. First-name use has roughly doubled against the previous decade, putting it at 855 for U.S. boys in 2025.
14. Santiago – Means “St. James,” after the saint buried in the Iberian Peninsula. American parents took it up as a first name too, and it reached number 26 for U.S. boys in 2025, the highest it has ever been.
15. Santos – From the Latin “sanctus,” meaning “holy,” and one of Portugal’s most widespread surnames. In the U.S. it doubles as a boys’ first name, ranked 766 in 2025.
16. Sarkar – An Indian title given to East Indian landlords from the Persian “sarkār,” meaning “chief.”
17. Savage – From the French “sauvage,” meaning “untamed,” and the Latin “salvaticus,” meaning “man of the woods.”
18. Sawyer – An Old English occupational surname for someone who saws wood or timber. It crossed to the front of the name decades ago and carried 2,941 U.S. boys to number 122 in 2025.
19. Schaefer – Means “shepherd” and derives from the German Schaffer, meaning “bailiff.”
20. Scherer – A German occupational surname for a “sheep-shearer,” from “scheren,” meaning “to shear.”
21. Schmidt – A very common name meaning “blacksmith,” from the German “schmied.”
22. Schumacher – A German and Jewish occupational name for a “shoemaker,” also used in Denmark and Sweden.
23. Schwab – Denotes someone from Swabia and was used by Germans and Jews.
24. Schwein – For someone working as a “swineherd,” from the German “swīn,” meaning “hog.”
25. Scott – Based on the Middle English “scot,” meaning a “man from Scotland.” It was a top-ten boys’ name in 1971 and now sits at 534, one generation past its moment.
26. Sekh – Taken from the Arabic “shaikh,” a title for a “spiritual or religious leader.”
27. Selassie – An Arabic surname and unisex name based in Ethiopia, meaning “trinity.” Of every name here that U.S. birth data still records, it is the rarest, roughly one in 333,333 births in 2025.
28. Shaan – Means “pride” in Sanskrit and is mostly used in Bangladesh.
29. Shah – A Persian title for a “king” and an Indian occupational surname meaning “merchant.”
30. Shariq – Most common in Pakistan, where it’s a Muslim name meaning “rising from the East.”
31. Sharma – From the Sanskrit “ṣárman,” meaning “joyfulness” and “comfort,” also spelled Sarma.
32. Shaw – An Irish surname from the Gaelic personal name Sithech, meaning “wolf.” Twenty-one U.S. boys were given it as a first name in 2025, a third more than a decade earlier.
33. Sheehan – An Anglo spelling of the Irish-Gaelic Ó’Síodhacháin, meaning “the peaceful one.”
34. Sheikh – Popular among Bengali Muslims and based on the Arabic “shaykh,” meaning “elder.”
35. Shelton – Composed of the Old English “scylf,” meaning “shelf,” and “tun,” meaning “settlement.” First-name use has more than halved against the previous decade, leaving it at 4,837 in 2025.
36. Shen – A Mandarin Chinese surname meaning “prudent,” also carried by an old Chinese place name.
37. Shepherd – An occupational surname from the Old English “sceap,” meaning “sheep” and “hierde,” for “herdsman.” Its rise as a first name has been steep, with roughly seven times as many U.S. births in the last ten years as in the ten before, reaching number 246 in 2025.
38. Sheridan – Based on the Irish-Gaelic Ó’Sirideáin, meaning “descendant of Sirideáin,” a name tied to the idea of seeking. As a girls’ first name it is fading, down about 64 percent on the previous decade to number 5,375 in 2025.
39. Sherman – Means “shearer” based on the Old English “scearra,” meaning “shears,” and “mann,” for “man.” A top-250 boys’ name in 1937, it now reaches about 19 U.S. babies a year.
40. Shi – One of the nine Sogdian surnames and a widely held Chinese surname. U.S. birth records last listed it as a first name in 2022.
41. Silva – A top Portuguese surname meaning “forest” or “woodland” in Latin. It surfaces only occasionally in U.S. first-name data, most recently in 2023.
42. Silvestri – Means “descendant of Silvestro” in Italian, based on the Latin “silva,” meaning “wood.”
43. Simmons – Comes from the Hebrew Simon/Shim’on, meaning “hearkening” or “listening.”
44. Simon – First appeared as the Hebrew Simeon, meaning “one who harkens.” Steady rather than trendy, it held number 230 among U.S. boy names in 2025.
45. Simpson – Given to a “descendant of Simon” using the diminutive Sim.
46. Sims – From Simme, a medieval version of Simon, meaning “he who hears” in Hebrew. Six U.S. boys still received it as a first name in 2025, a long way from its 1919 rank of 1,869.
47. Singer – Derives from the Middle English “singer(e),” meaning “cantor” or “reciter of verse.”
48. Singh – Based on the Sanskrit “simha,” meaning “lion,” used by North Indian Hindus.
49. Singleton – “From Lancashire, England” from the Old English “scingol,” meaning “shingle” and “tūn,” meaning farmstead.”
50. Sizemore – Taken from the Old French “sis,” meaning “six,” and “mars,” meaning “marks.”
51. Smirnov – Based on the Russian nickname “smirnyj,” meaning “quiet” and “peaceful.”
52. Smith – The most common U.S. last name, first given to a “blacksmith.” As a first name it is far rarer: 120 boys got it in 2025, at rank 1,483.
53. Snyder – A version of the German Schneider and Dutch Sneijder, meaning “tailor.”
54. Söderberg – A Swedish surname built from “söder,” meaning “south,” and “berg,” for “hill.”
55. Sorenson – A Danish variation of the Norse Sørensen based on the Danish Severin.
56. Soroka – A Slavic surname taken straight from the word for a “magpie.”
57. Sorrentino – Means “Sorrentinian” in Italian or “from Sorrento” in southern Italy.
58. Sosa – Originally appeared as the Portuguese Sousa, a nickname meaning “seaweed.” Seventeen U.S. boys were named Sosa in 2025, the best showing the name has managed.
59. Spangler – A German occupational name for a “maker of buckles,” meaning “plumber.”
60. Spencer – Based on the Middle English “spenser,” referring to a “steward” working in a royal household. That aristocratic ring peaked in 1998 at number 84 for U.S. boys; first-name use is down about a third on the previous decade, to 360 in 2025.
61. Spinelli – Dates back to Naples in 1094 and means “little fishbone” or “little thorn.”
62. Spiva – Another form of the English Spivey, possibly a name for a “cantor.”
63. Stanley – An Old English place name composed of “stān,” meaning “stone” and “lēah,” meaning “woodland clearing.” Ranked 34th for U.S. boys in 1915, it has settled into quieter company at 863 in 2025.
64. Stark – A nickname based on the Old English “strearc,” meaning “strong.” Short and hard-edged, it charts quietly at 6,752 for U.S. boys in 2025.
65. Stefka – A Czech and Slovak pet name for Štefan based on Stephen, meaning “crown.”
66. Stein – Means “rock” in German for someone living on stony ground.
67. Stepanov – A Russian and Serbian surname taken from Stepan, meaning “belonging to Stephen.”
68. Stevens – For a “son or descendant of Stephen,” meaning “crown,” “wreath,” or “garland.”
69. Stewart – A famous Scottish clan surname based on the Old English “stigweard,” meaning “household guardian.”
70. Stockton – The name of many English towns, meaning “tree-stump settlement.”
71. Stone – Derives from the Old English “stan,” meaning “stone” or “rock.” Blunt and modern-sounding, it took 258 U.S. boys to number 916 in 2025.
72. Stroud – Given to someone living near the marshy ground, taken from the Old English “strōd.”
73. Stubbs – A town in Yorkshire from the Old English “stubb,” for somewhere full of tree stumps.
74. Sullivan – An 8-letter version of the Gaelic Ó Súilleabháin, meaning “one-eyed” or “hawk-eyed.” No year has been bigger for it as a first name than 2025, when 1,083 U.S. boys got it and it ranked 314th.
75. Sultan – Taken from a Persian-Arabic title for a Muslim royal leader. Its strongest year on U.S. birth records is the most recent one, number 1,243 in 2025.
76. Sun – One of China’s most common surnames, tied to the founders of the Zhou Dynasty. In U.S. birth data it stays scarce but is growing, with 13 boys in 2025.
77. Sundberg – From the Swedish “sund,” meaning “strait” or “sound,” and “berg,” meaning “mountain” or “hill.”
78. Sweeney – Based on the Gaelic MacSuibhne, meaning “son of Suibhne,” a first name meaning “well-disposed.”
79. Swenson – Means “Sven’s son,” ranked 9th among Swedish surnames in 2021.
80. Syed – Also an Arabic boy’s name meaning “king,” “mister,” or “noble one.” U.S. birth records place it at rank 1,221 for boys in 2025; its historic peak was rank 754 in 2000.

80 Unique Last Names That Start With S

Less Smith, more conversation piece. These 80 surnames come from the stranger corners of European, Asian, and Latin American naming, and most of them will be new to your family tree.

1. Sabbatini – From the Italian “sabato,” meaning “Saturday,” and a plural form of Sabatino.
2. Sachdeva – From the Sanskrit “satya,” meaning “true,” and “deva,” meaning “lord.”
3. Sadberry – A geographical English surname based on Sadborow in Dorset or Sadbury Hill in Northumbria.
4. Sager – An occupational name for a “sawyer” based on the German “sägen,” meaning “to saw.” U.S. birth data last recorded it as a first name in 2019.
5. Saint – From the Old French “sant,” meaning “saint” and a nickname for someone saintly. Nothing else on this list has moved like it: about 29 times as many U.S. boys were named Saint in the last ten years as in the ten before, 1,286 of them in 2025 alone.
6. Sake – From the Japanese “sake,” meaning “rice wine,” the national beverage of Japan.
7. Salgado – A Spanish nickname meaning “salty” for someone known for their wit.
8. Salinas – Based on the Latin “salinae,” meaning “salt mine,” and place names in Central America.
9. Salisbury – Originated as Searoburg, referring to the “fortress” at Old Sarum, England.
10. Salmi – A Finnish surname from “salmi,” meaning “strait,” made official in the 19th- and 20th centuries.
11. Sampson – Means “sun” in Hebrew and is a French surname based on several locations. Thirty-four U.S. boys received it in 2025, ranking 3,435; its historic peak was rank 964 in 1914.
12. Samuels – Made up of the Hebrew “śāmū,” meaning “has placed” and “Ēl,” meaning “God.”
13. Sanborn – Taken from the Old English “sand,” meaning “sand,” and “burna,” meaning “spring stream.”
14. Sanki – Also “Sanakī,” a Hindi name for a “crazy” or “whimsical” person.
15. Sape – For someone “living near a fir tree” from the Old English “sæppe.”
16. Sartori – An Italian occupational surname from “sarto,” meaning “tailor,” concentrated in northern Italy.
17. Sasser – A German derivative of “sasse,” meaning “Saxon” based on a location.
18. Sato – Means “helpful” or “wisteria” in Japanese as a title for “reliable assistants.”
19. Sauda – A 5-letter surname, also a female name meaning “black” or “love” in Arabic.
20. Sayre – A Welsh occupational surname for a “woodworker,” taken from the Welsh “sayhare.”
21. Scanlon – An Anglo spelling for the patronymic Irish-Gaelic Ó’Scannláin, meaning “descendant of Scannlán.”
22. Scheuvront – Appears as Cheuvront, a French Huguenot surname based on “chevron,” meaning “goat” or “rafter.”
23. Schkade – From the German “schaden,” meaning “to do damage,” as a nickname for a clumsy person.
24. Schoenhofer – Is composed of the German “schoen,” meaning “beautiful,” and “hofer,” meaning “farm.”
25. Schulze – A Germanic medieval title for a “town mayor” taken from “schultheis.”
26. Schweitzer – A German nickname for someone from Switzerland derived from the Middle German “swizer.”
27. Sebesta – Means “descendant of Šebastián” in Czech-Slovakian, from the Latin “sebastos,” meaning “revered.”
28. Secrease – An Americanized derivative for the German Siegrist, an occupational name meaning “churchwarden.”
29. Semere – Also an African boy’s name meaning “farmer” or “it is done” in Eritrea. It appears in U.S. birth records only rarely, the last time in 2018.
30. Senkowski – A Polish version of Sękowski for those from places called Sękowo.
31. Shackleton – “From Shackleton,” based on the Old English “sceacol,” meaning “shackle,” and “tūn,” meaning “farmstead.”
32. Sharkey – An Anglo spelling of the Gaelic Ó’Searcaigh, meaning “descendant of Searcach,” also meaning “beloved.”
33. Shawhan – First used by the ancient Scottish Picts for someone with “wolf-like” qualities.
34. Shedden – From the Scottish “s(c)hed,” meaning “piece of land” or “large field.”
35. Sherrod – An English surname meaning “descendant of Scirheard or Sherwood,” from words for “bright” and “hard.” First-name use has fallen by about half against the previous decade, and 2024 was its last year in the data.
36. Shreves – An old British surname meaning “sheriff.”
37. Sifuentes – Also spelled Cifuentes, meaning “what an abundance of glorious fountains.”
38. Silverblatt – An English spelling of the Jewish Silberblatt, meaning “silver leaf.”
39. Simich – An Americanized form of the Serbo-Croatian surname Simić, meaning “descendant of Simo.”
40. Simonich – Based on the Hebrew “Sim’on” and means “God has listened.”
41. Simpkins – An Old English surname meaning “son of Simon” originating in Suffolk.
42. Sjerven – Means “clearing in a forest” in Norwegian and is extremely rare worldwide.
43. Skalnik – A Czech word meaning “rockrunner,” also known as an African warbler bird.
44. Skibba – A Polish occupational name for a peasant from “skiba,” meaning “thin strip of land.”
45. Skipwith – Derived from the Old English “sceap,” meaning “sheep,” and the Old Norse “vath,” meaning “fjord.”
46. Skogman – Made up of the Swedish “skog,” meaning “grove,” “wood,” and “man.”
47. Skrzypczak – An occupational name for a “fiddle player” from the Polish “skrzypieć,” meaning “to creak or groan.”
48. Škubal – A Czech nickname based on “škubat,” meaning “to pluck feathers.”
49. Skyy – Means “the sky” or “cloud” taken from Old Norse. Girls carried it most often around 2012. Use is down about two-fifths on the previous decade, to number 9,380 in 2025.
50. Slagg – Refers to a “small valley” in Old English for a place “less steep.”
51. Smykowski – Given to someone from Smyków, Poland, and also means “folk musician.”
52. Snedeker – Means “carpenter” in Danish, associated with the German Schnittker, meaning “wood-carver.”
53. Snook – From the Old English “snoc,” meaning “promontory,” for a “projecting piece of land.”
54. Snowdon – A mountain name in Wales that also means “snow hill” in Old English.
55. Sohail – A Muslim name taken from the Arabic “suhail,” meaning “the Canopus star.” Fourteen U.S. boys were given it in 2025, half again as many as a decade earlier.
56. Solorzano – Means “plot” in Spanish and derives from the Latin “solarium,” meaning “bottom” or “ground.”
57. Somerled – Also related to the Irish boy’s name Somerley, meaning “summer sailors.”
58. Spellman – An English variation of the German Spellmann, meaning “musician” or “minstrel.”
59. Spires – From the Old English “spir,” a nickname for a “slender” man.
60. Sprengel – A nickname for a “lively” or “athletic” person from the Middle German “sprengel,” meaning “grasshopper.”
61. Spruill – Someone “from Spreull” in Scotland; also means “one who walked in a jerky manner.”
62. Stahlberg – Is composed of the Swedish “stål,” meaning “steel,” and “berg,” meaning “mountain.”
63. Stalker – An English occupational name for a “stalker of game” or nickname for a “stealthy walker.”
64. Stallworth – From the Old English “stæl-wyrpe” and a nickname for someone “stalwart” or “strong.”
65. Stankovic – A patronymic Slavic surname for a “son of Stanko,” meaning “standing in glory.”
66. Staten – Part of the original Dutch Van Staten, a nickname from “staat,” meaning “standing rank.” 2025 was its strongest year yet on U.S. birth records, 27 boys at number 4,029.
67. Stavropoulos – Means “son of Stavros” and uses the Greek patronymic suffix “-poulos,” meaning “nestling.”
68. Stenz – A short form of the German Stanislav, meaning “son of Stenzel.”
69. Stolt – A German nickname derived from “stoltz,” meaning “proud,” a variation of the Danish Stolte.
70. Stoltzfus – Composed of the German “stoltz,” means “proud” and “fus” means “foot.”
71. Stoneback – An Americanized spelling of the German Steinbeck or Swedish Stenbeck, meaning “stone stream.”
72. Stoney – Given to someone living on rocky ground, with a linked sense of “stone island.” Its first-name story is a revival: after a 1963 peak and a 2004 low, it is back to about four times that trough, 36 boys in 2025.
73. Storck – “From Storkhill” in Yorkshire, England, related to the Norse “stork,” meaning “dried up land.”
74. Strauss – Is the current German word for “ostrich,” originating in medieval Frankfurt.
75. Strawbridge – Composed of the Old English “stōw,” meaning “holy place,” and “brycg,” meaning “bridge.”
76. Suh – A Korean surname, a variation of Sŏ, meaning “slow.”
77. Summers – Is based on the Gaelic Ó’Somacháin, meaning “descendant of Somachán.”
78. Sundstrӧm – A Swedish surname in which “sund” means “strait” and “ström” means “river.”
79. Swope – Given to someone living in Swabia, a medieval dukedom in southwestern Germany.
80. Swords – Also a first name based on the Old Norse Sigvarthr, meaning “victory keeper.”

90 Weird Last Names That Start With S

Sometimes history had a sense of humor. These 90 surnames run from the oddly specific to the frankly unfortunate, and every one of them is a name real people have carried.

1. Saap – A German and English surname from the Middle English “sap,” meaning “spruce tree.”
2. Sabat – A Spanish-Catalan nickname for someone born on a Saturday (the “sabbath”).
3. Sabbadin – Associated with the Italian “sabato,” meaning “Saturday,” also appearing as Sabbatino.
4. Saccomanno – An occupational Italian surname for someone who transported army supplies or a knight’s personal servant.
5. Sack – A German occupational surname for a maker of sacks or bags.
6. Sackrider – From the German Sackreuter, a nickname for a “plunderer” based on the “sack,” meaning “bag.”
7. Sacksteder – Given to someone from Sackstatt or Sackstedt, Germany, more common in France.
8. Sakurai – Means “cherry blossom well” in Japanese and is found mainly in eastern Japan.
9. Salata – Is an Italian derivative of “salare,” meaning “to salt,” given to someone living near salt water.
10. Sallow – From the Middle English “salwe,” for a “sallow” or “willow” tree.
11. Salt – An English nickname for a “salt seller.”
12. Saltaformaggio – One of the strangest Italian surnames meaning “jump the cheese.”
13. Samp – A derivative of the German Samm or the English Sampson.
14. Sampey – A variation of Simper linked to the Scottish Isle of Samphrey in the Yell Sound.
15. Sandemetrio – A Spanish surname for Saint Demetrio from the Latin Demetrius, meaning “follower of Demeter.”
16. Santagata – Means “Saint Agatha,” also referred to as Agatha of Sicily.
17. Santy – An Old English surname for someone “living near or at a hill, stream, or tree.” U.S. birth records gave it its best year in 2025, at number 3,367.
18. Šášek – A humorous Czech surname meaning everything from “clown” and “zany” to “buffoon.”
19. Sause – Similar to “souse,” meaning “drunkard,” based on the Old French “saus,” meaning “willow.”
20. Schlepp – A nickname for a German laborer from the High German “slēpen,” meaning “to drag or carry.”
21. Schmuck – Means “jewelry” in German but also a good way to call someone a “fool.”
22. Schuchard – Based on the High German “schuochwürhte,” an occupational name meaning “shoemaker.”
23. Schulz – Is composed of the German “sculd,” meaning “debt,” and “heiz(z)an,” meaning “to command.”
24. Schuring – A Dutch and German surname for someone “living near a barn or shed.”
25. Schwall – From the Middle German “swal,” meaning “place where water collects,” such as a locke.
26. Scovel – Dates back to Scovel, Normandy in France, during the 11th century.
27. Scriven – An Old French title for a keeper of official trial records.
28. Seehafer – Means “lakeside grasses” based on the Middle German “sē,” meaning “lake,” and “haver,” meaning “oats.”
29. Segreto – An Italian nickname meaning “confidant” from the Latin “secretum,” meaning “hidden place.”
30. Seisdedos – One of the strangest Spanish surnames meaning “a person with six fingers.”
31. Sekerak – A Slovak and Czech occupational surname for an “axman,” from “sekera,” meaning “ax.”
32. Selvaraj – Composed of the Indian “selva,” meaning “wealth,” and “rāj,” meaning “king.”
33. Semler – Means “baker of white rolls,” based on the Yiddish “zeml,” meaning “white bread roll.”
34. Serpico – From the Italian “serpe,” meaning “serpent” or “reptile,” and “from Sorbo Serpico.”
35. Servopoulos – A Greek nickname meaning “descendant of a Serb” based on “servo,” meaning “Serbian.”
36. Shakeshaft – A medieval English nickname for a spearman, from “shaken,” meaning to brandish, and “shaft,” first recorded for William Shakeshaft in 1332.
37. Shakespeare – Made up of the Old English “schakken,” meaning “to brandish,” and “speer,” meaning “spear.”
38. Shed – Means “dweller at the hovel,” based on the Old English “scydd,” meaning “shed.” As a first name it belongs to another era, last logged in U.S. records in 1958.
39. Shek – A 4-letter Cantonese version of a Chinese surname meaning “one-hundred liters.”
40. Sheline – An Americanized form of the German Schühlein, an occupational name for a “shoemaker.”
41. Shellaberger – Given to those “from Schellenberg, Germany” and also appears as Shellenberger.
42. Shuffield – An old place name for Sheffield, meaning “open land by the river Sheaf.”
43. Shufflebottom – Also appears as Shovellbottom and Shoebottom to denote someone who lives “in a valley.”
44. Silasbierhals – Means “beer-throat” in German as a nickname for a heavy drinker.
45. Sillie – Derived from the Old English “saelig,” meaning “one who is happy and blessed.”
46. Sillman – An Americanized version of the German Sillmann, given to someone living “on a ridge.”
47. Sitko – A Polish surname that’s a diminutive of “sito,” meaning “fine sieve.”
48. Sivertsen – A Norwegian and Danish patronymic name meaning “son of Sivert,” meaning “victory guardian.”
49. Skehan – From the Gaelic MacSceacháin, meaning “descendant of Sceachán’,” from “sceach,” meaning “briar.”
50. Skóra – An occupational surname for a “tanner,” derived from the Polish “skóra,” meaning “leather.”
51. Slavík – Means “nightingale” in Czech and also appears as the feminine Slavíková.
52. Sleeman – A nickname based on the Middle English “sle(i)gh,” meaning “sly,” “clever,” and “skillful.”
53. Smalley – Made up of the Old English “smæl,” meaning “narrow,” and “lēah,” meaning “woodland clearing.”
54. Smellie – A Scottish nickname based on the Old English “smile,” meaning “grin.”
55. Smolak – A Slovenian-Croatian nickname from “smola,” meaning “resin” and “bad luck.”
56. Snellen – Based on the Dutch “snel,” meaning “quick,” and a nickname for a “lively person.”
57. Snowball – An English nickname for someone with a “white patch of hair” over a bald head.
58. Sørpebøl – Is a Norwegian farmland, meaning “slush hole” or “slush abode.”
59. Sotiropoulos – Based on the Greek first name Sōtērios, using the “-poulos” suffix, meaning “nestling chick.”
60. Sotomayor – Means “place of the large trees” in Galicia, from the Latin “saltus,” meaning “forest pasture.”
61. Spade – From the Middle German “späth,” meaning “late” and a nickname for a “tardy person.”
62. Spartacus – Means “from the city of Sparta” and is known as the famous Roman slave.
63. Speller – About as literal as a surname gets, marking “one who can spell.”
64. Sporn – A German and Jewish nickname meaning “to spur,” given to spur-makers.
65. Sprinkle – A diminutive of “spring” and a nickname given to a “lively young man.”
66. Squatpump – An American surname used by film makeup artist Yolanda Squatpump.
67. Squitieri – An Italian variation of Scuteri, meaning “shieldbearer,” from the Latin “scutum,” meaning “shield.”
68. Sroufe – An Anglo spelling of the German Schroff, meaning “craggy (or rock) face.”
69. Stahnke – A German nickname for the Slavic Stanislav, meaning “someone who achieves glory or fame.”
70. Stanstill – An Old English variation of “stand still” for someone who doesn’t like fast movements.
71. Stare – A Slavic derivative for “star,” meaning “old,” given to a senior citizen.
72. Statum – For those living in an ancient English settlement called Statham, located in Cheshire.
73. Steer – From the Middle German “stēr,” meaning “young bull” and a nickname for a heavy person.
74. Stieglitz – Came to Germany from the Old Czech “stehlec,” meaning “goldfinch.”
75. Stofko – A Slovak nickname for Christopher and a diminutive for “štof,” meaning “woolen cloth.”
76. Stordahl – Means “big valley” in Norwegian and began life as a farm name.
77. Stover – Derives from the Middle German “stover,” meaning “bather” or “worker at a public bathhouse.”
78. Streep – A Dutch word meaning “line” to indicate a “dividing line.”
79. Stroker – A derivative of the Middle English “stroken,” meaning “to stroke,” “make smooth,” or “sharpen.”
80. Stuteville – Based on the place name Estouteville or Etoutteville in Seine-Maritime, France.
81. Suparman – An Arabic-derived surname used in Indonesia.
82. Supersad – Has unknown meaning but is mainly found in Trinidad and Tobago.
83. Susegg – A Norwegian surname meaning “wind egg” made official in the 19th- and 20th centuries.
84. Sutor – From the Old English “soutere” and the Old Norse “sutare,” meaning “shoemaker” or “cobbler.”
85. Svinvik – Another funny Norwegian surname meaning “pig’s bay,” carried by only a handful of families.
86. Swauger – A variation of the German Schwager, meaning “grieved” or “sad.”
87. Swett – From the Old English “swete,” meaning “sweet.”
88. Swindells – “From Swindells orchard in Cheshire,” meaning “swine ditch” or “pig quarry.”
89. Swonger – A form of the German Zwanger, an occupational name for a “maker of pliers.”
90. Szczepanik – Means “descendant of little Szczepan,” the Polish form of Stephen, meaning “crown.”