• Source: 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") from the Old Norse Þórgísl or Old Danish Thorgisl ( the name of the god Thor, and -gísl "hostage, pledge" or ON geisli "ray, pole (part of a weapon)" or OW. Norse geisl "staff", cf. Old Icelandic geisli "sun-shaft, sun beam"). It corresponds to the Nordic patronymic Þórgilsson (f. e. Ari Þorgilsson).




People with the name


Amy H. Sturgis (born 1971), American author
Ann Sturgis (born 1956), First Lady of North Carolina
Caleb Sturgis (born 1989), American football player
Cambrea Sturgis (born 1999), American sprinter
Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American Transcendentalist poet, daughter of William F. Sturgis
Frank Sturgis (1924–1993), American covert operative and Watergate burglar
Henry Parkman Sturgis (1847–1929), American-born banker in the UK and UK politician
Howard Sturgis (1855–1920), English-born author
John Hubbard Sturgis (1834–1888), an American architect and son of the younger Russell Sturgis (1805–1887)
John Sturgis, journalist on The Sun, one of those arrested in Operation Elveden in February 2012
Julian Sturgis (1848–1904), American-British author
Matthew Sturgis, British historian and biographer
Nathan Sturgis (born 1987), American soccer player
Richard Clipston Sturgis (1860–1951), AKA R. Clipston Sturgis, an American architect and nephew of John Hubbard Sturgis
Russell Sturgis (1836–1909), American architect
Russell Sturgis (1750–1826), American merchant and grandfather of the younger Russell Sturgis (1805–1887)
Russell Sturgis (1805–1887), American-English merchant and banker
Samuel D. Sturgis (1822–1889), Union general in the American Civil War
Samuel D. Sturgis III (1897–1964), major general in the U.S. Army and grandson of Union general Samuel D. Sturgis
William Codman Sturgis (1862–1942), American mycologist
William F. Sturgis (1782–1863), American merchant
William R. Sturgis (1817–1901), Canadian-American politician, farmer, and politician




See also


Sturgis (disambiguation)
Sturges
Turgis (disambiguation)




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