Stubb Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Anyone researching Stubb should also look under Stubbs. The name is usually explained as “one who lived by tree stumps”.

Stubb drops the “s” of Stubbs, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Stubbes.

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