Given name & surname

Snape

Snape is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Snape comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English

Staite

“riverbank”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Staines

“stones”

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Old English

Start

“tail, promontory”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Small

Small is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

60% boys · 40% girls

Old English

Salt

Salt is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Sneddon

“snow”

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Old English · Nature

Ashmore

“ash-tree”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Staincliffe

“stone cliff”

No U.S. birth series

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