Scurr Family History
Scurr Name Meaning
perhaps from a lost place described by or named with Old Scandinavian skor ‘score notch or mark’ (perhaps denoting a boundary mark). Compare Score .alternatively perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name *Skur(r) from Old Scandinavian Skorri which is well evidenced as a personal name and nickname in medieval Scandinavia and possibly derived from the Old Scandinavian word in (i). It may also be evidenced in the ER Yorks place-name Scoreby.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016