Names

Variant of Segal 1.

Derived from the diminutive of Germanic given names beginning with the element sigu meaning “victory”.

Occupational name for a maker of seals or signet rings, ultimately from Latin sigillum “seal”.

Derived from the given name Siegbert.

Originally derived from various place names in England meaning “wide island”, from Old English sid “wide” and eg “island”. Another theory holds that it comes from the name of a town in Normandy called “Saint Denis”, though evidence for this is lacking.

From the name of various English towns, derived from Old English sid “wide” and halh “nook, recess”.

Anglicized form of Shvets.

Means “shoemaker” in Ukrainian and Russian.

German cognate of Scriven.

From a nickname for a short person, from Middle English schort.