Snodgras: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Your Snodgras ancestor may well appear as Snodgrass in earlier records. Taken at its root, Snodgras points to “Smooth grass”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Snodgras drops the “s” of Snodgrass, a simplification that clerks often made.
• Related forms: Snograss.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Snodgrass and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Snodgras surname pack.