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") 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". from the Old Norse Þórgísl or Old Danish Thorgisl ( the name of the god Thor, and -gísl "hostage, pledge"Nordic Names : etymology of gisl 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 Alice Sturgis (1885–1974), American author and parliamentarian Amy H. Sturgis (born 1971), American author Ann Sturgis (born 1956), American First Lady of North Carolina Caleb Sturgis (born 1989), American football player Cambrea Sturgis (born 1999), American sprinter Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American poet, daughter of William F Frank Sturgis (1924–1993), American covert operative and Watergate burglar Henry Parkman Sturgis (1847–1929), British banker and politician Howard Sturgis (1855–1920), English-born author John Hubbard Sturgis (1834–1888), American architect, son of Russell John Sturgis, journalist on The Sun, arrested in Operation Elveden in 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), American architect, nephew of John Hubbard Russell Sturgis (1836–1909), American architect Russell Sturgis (1750–1826), American merchant and grandfather of Russell Russell Sturgis (1805–1887), American-English merchant and banker Samuel D. Sturgis (1822–1889), American general Samuel D. Sturgis III (1897–1964), American major general, grandson of Samuel 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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