Stringer (surname)

Stringer
Family name
Meaning Maker of strings, bowstrings
Region of origin England

Stringer (pronounced to rhyme with "ringer") is an English occupational surname originally for a maker of rope or strings, and especially those for the famous English longbows used for both hunting and war. It is based on an agent derivative of the Old English streng, meaning "string," which is in turn based on the Old Norse strengr. In Yorkshire, where it is still particularly common, George (?) Redmonds argues that the surname may have been connected with ironworking, a stringer having operated some form of specialist hearth.[1]

Early examples of the surname recorded in authentic registers and charters of the medieval period include:

Roger le Strenger in 1293, Yorkshire;
Lady Godwyna Strenger in 1328, Somerset;
Richard Stringer, in 1679, a footsoldier of Barbados.[2]

The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Walter Stringere, which was dated 1194, in the Curia Regis Rolls for Wiltshire.[2]

People with the surname Stringer

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References

  1. "Stringer Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Last name: Stringer". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 27 January 2013.