The place is thought to have been situated in Surrey, and the name means "the fish-trap in the stream", derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century "stiell, staell", place for catching fish, and "well, waell", stream, spring, well. As a topographical surname, Stillwell denotes residence by such a place.
German Meaning: The name Stirling is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Stirling is: Of high quality; pure. Also variant of a name given pre-medieval refiners of silver meaning 'easterner'. Surname.
MEANING: This name derives from the Ancient Greek name “Stéfanos / Stéphanos (ΣτÎφανος)â€, meaning "crown, garland, wreath, honor, reward, any prize or honour", which in turn derives from “stéphŠ‎(στÎφω)â€, meaning “to put round, to surroundâ€.
Origin of the name Stephen: From the Latin Stephanus, which is from the Greek Stephanos, a name derived from stephanos (a crown, a garland).
Stock Name Meaning. ... German: from Middle German stoc 'tree', 'tree stump', hence a topographic name equivalent to 1, but sometimes also a nickname for an impolite or obstinate person.
Stock Name Meaning. English: probably for the most part a topographic name for someone who lived near the trunk or stump of a large tree, Middle English stocke (Old English stocc). In some cases the reference may be to a primitive foot-bridge over a stream consisting of a felled tree trunk.
The first part of the name (stock) means log in Swedish, although it may also be connected to an old German word (Stock) meaning fortification. The second part of the name (holm) means islet, and is thought to refer to the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm.
Stockley Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Devon, County Durham, and Staffordshire, called Stockleigh or Stockley, from Old English stocc 'tree trunk' + leah 'clearing'.
Stockman Name Meaning. Dutch and English: from Middle Dutch stock 'stump', 'stick', Middle English stock 'stump', 'stick' (see Stock) + man 'man'. German (Stockmann): variant of Stocker 1 and 2.
English: habitational name from any of the places, for example in Cheshire, County Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and North and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English stocc 'tree trunk' or stoc 'dependent settlement' + tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'.
