Names

From Japanese 清 (shi) meaning “clear, pure, clean” and 水 (mizu) meaning “water”.

From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning “island” and 田 (ta) meaning “field, rice paddy”.

From Japanese 渋 (shibu) meaning “astringent, rough” and 谷 (ya) meaning “valley”.

Derived from Ukrainian швець (shvets) meaning “shoemaker”.

Derived from Ukrainian швець (shvets) meaning “shoemaker”.

Means “tailor” in Yiddish, derived from שער (sher) meaning “scissors”.

Means “shear man”, referring to someone who used shears in his line of work, such as a sheep-shearer.

From the Irish name Ó Sirideáin meaning “descendant of Sirideán”. The given name Sirideán means “searcher”.

Variant of Sherburn.

Denoted a person hailing from any of the various places called Sherborne or Sherburn in England, derived from Old English scir “bright” and burna “spring, fountain, stream”.