Sturgis (surname)

Sturgis is a surname of Norman origin, shortened form of FitzTurgis "son of" (see Fitz) "Turgis" (former first name, now still common as a Norman surname, together with "Tourgis")[1] from the Old Norse Þórgísl or Old Danish Thorgisl ( the name of the god Thor, and -gísl "hostage, pledge"[2] or ON geisli "ray, pole (part of a weapon)" or OW. Norse geisl "staff", cf. Old Icelandic geisli "sun-shaft, sun beam"[3][4]).

People with the name

See also

References

  1. Généalogie FRANCE - SWIC / GENEALOGY Paris - 01 44 84 95 10. "LA FRANCE DU NOM DE FAMILLE DES TURGIS en France entre 1891 et 1915". Geopatronyme.com. Retrieved 2012-10-24. LA FRANCE DU NOM DE FAMILLE DES TOURGIS en France entre 1891 et 1915. The numbers on the map mean the département numbers : 50, 14, 61, 27, 76 are all Norman départements.
  2. Nordic Names : etymology of gisl
  3. Fellows-Jensen, Gillian (1968). Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag. pp. 102, 349 s.nn. Gísli, Gísl, –gísl.
  4. Peterson, Lena. "Nordiskt runnamnslexikon". pp. s.nn. Gísi, Gísl, Gís(l)–, –gísl/–gils. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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