Seymour.
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States: A town in New Haven County, Connecticut.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Champaign County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Jackson County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Wayne County, Iowa.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Webster County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Blount County and Sevier County, Tennessee.
A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Baylor County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States: A city and town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
A township north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A locality in Break O'Day council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Where this word comes from
From a Norman surname from a place in Normandy, from Old French Saint-Maur, from Late Latin Sanctus Maurus (“Saint Maurus”). The name is cognate to Murry and Maurice.
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