Names

Variant of Ziskind.

From Old High German suozi meaning “sweet”.

Variant of Süß.

Alternate transcription of Chinese 宋 (see Song).

From Swedish sund meaning “strait” and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning “stream”.

From Swedish sund meaning “sound, strait”.

From Swedish sund meaning “strait” and berg meaning “mountain”.

From Chinese 孙 (sūn) meaning “grandchild, descendant”. A famous bearer of the surname was Sun Tzu, the 6th-century BC author of The Art of War.

Occupational name for a summoner, an official who was responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, from Middle English sumner, ultimately from Latin submonere “to advise”.

Variant of Sommer 1.