The skerritt Surname
skerritt Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from Skirwith in Cumbria, formerly pronounced Skerritt, which was named with Old Norse skjallr ‘resounding’ (a river name or a waterfall) + vath ‘ford’.
- metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or sold caraway, from Middle English skirwhit(e) ‘caraway’, ‘water parsnip’ (apparently an alteration of Old French eschervis), a plant cultivated for its tubers, which were used in sauces and medicine.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Skerritt/Pattison |
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| Skerritt or Sherrit |
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| William O. Skerritt (MO)/ James Skerritt (NY) |
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| Skerat Name search |
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| William Skerritt of KY |
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| Irish | Andrea Coleman | 2 |
| Skerrrit of NY |
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| Robert Theodore Skerritt |
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