Given name & surname

Settle

“sitting, residence”

Settle is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Settle goes back to Old English setl, meaning “sitting, residence.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Settle comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English setl (“sitting, residence”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Settle, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Selley

“deck of a ship”

No U.S. birth series

33% boys · 67% girls

Old English

Single

“brushwood; burnt clearing”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Chettle

“kettle, cauldron”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Selway

“happiness, prosperity, opportunity” · “war, battle”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Selwood

“willow”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Southcote

“south”

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Southey

“south”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Seacombe

“sea”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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