Etymology

Sawrey

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Today it means: A habitational surname from Old Norse. Full definition →

Old Norse saurar
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromsaurar
  2. English todaySawrey

Habitational surname from a minor place near Hawkshead, in Cumbria, from Old Norse saurar, plural of saurr (“mud, dirt”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.