Släkthistoria för Starkey
Starkey Vad efternamn betyder
English: habitational name from a lost or unidentified place probably in Lancashire. This English surname has been established in Ireland (Dublin) since the 14th century. English: variant of Starkin itself perhaps from an unrecorded Old French personal name Starkin a pet form of ancient Germanic names beginning in Stark- ‘strong’ such as Starc(w)ulf and Starcher both of which appear in 1086 as names of Domesday Book tenants in East Anglia: Starcolf (Norfolk) and Starker (Suffolk). However no medieval evidence for Starkin as a personal name or a surname has been found. An alternative possibility is a derivation from an unrecorded Middle English starking ‘strong one’ (see Stark) but in the absence of any medieval evidence this is highly conjectural. Altered form of German Starke written thus to preserve the second syllable.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
