Given name & surname · also Middle English
Storr
“strong, robust”
Storr is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, Storr goes back to Middle English storre, meaning “strong, robust.”
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Where it comes from
Storr has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Middle English storre; as a south German surname, it comes from Middle High German storr.
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How it developed
From Middle English storre (“strong, robust”), from Old English stōr.
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Storr’s family of names
In English usage, Storr as a surname has a related form in STORRS.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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