Sturgis (surname)

Sturgis is a surname of Norman origin, shortened form of FitzTurgis "son of" (see Fitz) "Turgis" (former first name, now still common as a Norman surname, together with "Tourgis") from the Old Norse Þórgísl or Old Danish Thorgisl ( the name of the god Thor, and -gísl "hostage, pledge" or ON geisli "ray, pole (part of a weapon)" or OW. Norse geisl "staff", cf. Old Icelandic geisli "sun-shaft, sun beam" ). It corresponds to the Nordic patronymic Þórgilsson (f. e. Ari Þorgilsson).

People with the name

 * Amy H. Sturgis (born 1971), American author
 * Ann Sturgis (born 1956), First Lady of North Carolina
 * Caleb Sturgis (born 1989), American football player
 * Cambrea Sturgis (born 1999), American sprinter
 * Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American Transcendentalist poet, daughter of William F. Sturgis
 * Frank Sturgis (1924–1993), American covert operative and Watergate burglar
 * Henry Parkman Sturgis (1847–1929), American-born banker in the UK and UK politician
 * Howard Sturgis (1855–1920), English-born author
 * John Hubbard Sturgis (1834–1888), an American architect and son of the younger Russell Sturgis (1805–1887)
 * John Sturgis, journalist on The Sun, one of those arrested in Operation Elveden in February 2012
 * Julian Sturgis (1848–1904), American-British author
 * Matthew Sturgis, British historian and biographer
 * Nathan Sturgis (born 1987), American soccer player
 * Richard Clipston Sturgis (1860–1951), AKA R. Clipston Sturgis, an American architect and nephew of John Hubbard Sturgis
 * Russell Sturgis (1836–1909), American architect
 * Russell Sturgis (1750–1826), American merchant and grandfather of the younger Russell Sturgis (1805–1887)
 * Russell Sturgis (1805–1887), American-English merchant and banker
 * Samuel D. Sturgis (1822–1889), Union general in the American Civil War
 * Samuel D. Sturgis III (1897–1964), major general in the U.S. Army and grandson of Union general Samuel D. Sturgis
 * William Codman Sturgis (1862–1942), American mycologist
 * William F. Sturgis (1782–1863), American merchant
 * William R. Sturgis (1817–1901), Canadian-American politician, farmer, and politician