Surnames Starting with S

Bliss of the goddess Sharada (Saraswati)

One who dyes red or works with vermillion

Islamic law or divine path

Knowledgeable in religious law

Noble or honorable

Noble, honorable

Born of a noble

Descendant of Searcaigh (loving)

One who brings happiness and joy, derived from...

A keen, alert person

One who completed sixty years

Author of scriptures

Scholar of sacred texts, from Sanskrit 'shastra'

Expert in sacred texts

Hundred forms of Rudra

One who can attend to hundred things

Master of six paths or disciplines

From the Shatuo Turkic tribe

Descendant of Seachnasaigh (elusive)

Grandeur, magnificence

Descended from sage Shaunaka, Vedic compiler

Dweller by a small wood or thicket

One who trades in shawls

Worthy, deserving

Radiance of worthiness

Gap-toothed, pockmarked

Derived from shcherbina (gap/chip)

Derived from shchyogol (goldfinch)

Shoot

Prosperity or Lakshmi

Descendant of Síoda (silk)

Descendant of Síodhacháin (peaceful)

Descendant of Síthigh (peaceful)

One who is virtuous

Shooting star

City dweller or urban person

Elder or chief

One from Sheikhpora village

Descendant of Séaghdha (hawk-like)

A surname from Marathwada

Shi Cantonese

Hunter, huntsman

Elder/Chief

A Rajput clan from the Shekhawati region

A Maratha clan from western Maharashtra

Steep-sided valley, or shelf hill

Derived from shelgun (silk maker)

A Maratha clan from western Maharashtra