Given name & surname

Start

“tail, promontory”

Start is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Start goes back to Old English steort, meaning “tail, promontory.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Start comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English steort (“tail, promontory”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Old English

Stafforth

“landing place”

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Old English

Stalworth

Stalworth is a surname from Middle English (ultimately Old English).

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Old English

Stanworth

“stone”

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Old English

Starmer

“moor, mountain”

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Old English

Staite

“riverbank”

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Old English

Staddon

“stud, stallion”

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Old English

Storr

“strong, robust”

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Old English

Salt

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

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Sibling ideas

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