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")[1] from the Old Norse Þórgísl or Old Danish Thorgisl ( the name of the god Thor, and -gísl "hostage, pledge"[2] or ON geisli "ray, pole (part of a weapon)" or OW. Norse geisl "staff", cf. Old Icelandic geisli "sun-shaft, sun beam"[3][4]). It corresponds to the Nordic patronymic Þórgilsson (f. e. Ari Þorgilsson).

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  1. ^ Généalogie FRANCE - SWIC / GENEALOGY Paris - 01 44 84 95 10. "LA FRANCE DU NOM DE FAMILLE DES TURGIS en France entre 1891 et 1915". Geopatronyme.com. Retrieved 2012-10-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LA FRANCE DU NOM DE FAMILLE DES TOURGIS en France entre 1891 et 1915. The numbers on the map mean the département numbers : 50, 14, 61, 27, 76 are all Norman "départements".
  2. ^ Nordic Names : etymology of gisl
  3. ^ Fellows-Jensen, Gillian (1968). Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag. pp. 102, 349 s.nn. Gísli, Gísl, -gísl.
  4. ^ Peterson, Lena. "Nordiskt runnamnslexikon". pp. s.nn. Gísi, Gísl, Gís(l)-, -gísl/-gils. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2013.