Surname

Stockport

“house, dwelling; place”

Stockport is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Stockport goes back to Old English stoc, meaning “house, dwelling; place.”

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Where it comes from

Stockport comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling; place”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Stockport’s family of names

In English usage, Stockport as a surname has a related form in STOPFORD.

Walk Stockport’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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

Old English

Stalworth

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

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Old English

Stafforth

“landing place”

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Old English

Stanworth

“stone”

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Old English

Stowell

“stone”

No U.S. birth series

78% boys · 22% girls

Old English

Strafforth

“landing place”

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Old English · Nature

Stockdale

“tree trunk”

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Old English

Storr

“strong, robust”

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Old English

Duckworth

“duck” · “enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Sibling ideas

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