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]). It corresponds to the Nordic patronymic Þórgilsson (f. e. Ari Þorgilsson).

## People with the name

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* 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

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* Sturgis (disambiguation)
* Sturges
* Turgis (disambiguation)

## References

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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.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) 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. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

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